CVE-2026-43251

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Human Interface Device (HID) prodikeys driver. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by connecting a specially crafted Universal Serial Bus (USB) device. This device can send a malicious report descriptor, bypassing a necessary check and causing a null pointer dereference. This issue can lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Red Hat acknowledges the upstream Linux kernel correction for «HID» as described in COMMENT_ZERO. Fixes are delivered through standard kernel errata for supported products. Operational exposure depends on whether this subsystem or driver is active in your configuration.

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