The vulnerability of the `magicmouse_report_fixup()` function in the `drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c` driver module of the Linux kernel’s input device subsystem allows a hacker to trigger a maintenance failure.

The vulnerability of the magicmousereportfixup function in the drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c driver of the Linux kernel’s input device subsystem relates to the failure to release resources after their useful life has expired. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause service...

CVE-2026-31522: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: magicmouse: avoid memory leak in magicmousereportfixup The magicmousereportfixup function was returning a newly kmemdup-allocated buffer, but never freeing it. The caller of reportfixup does not take ownership of the returne...