CVE-2026-64603
platform/x86: intel-hid: Protect ACPI notify handler against recursion
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 19, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: intel-hid: Protect ACPI notify handler against recursion
Since commit e2ffcda16290 ("ACPI: OSL: Allow Notify () handlers to run on all CPUs") ACPI notify handlers like the intel-hid notify_handler() may run on multiple CPU cores racing with themselves.
On convertibles and detachables (matched by DMI chassis-type 31 and 32 in dmi_auto_add_switch[]) the SW_TABLET_MODE input device is registered lazily from notify_handler() on the first tablet-mode event, via intel_hid_switches_setup(). When two such events race on different CPUs both can pass the !priv->switches check and register the priv->switches input device twice, resulting in a duplicate sysfs entry and a subsequent NULL pointer dereference.
This is the same class of bug fixed by commit e075c3b13a0a ("platform/x86: intel-vbtn: Protect ACPI notify handler against recursion") for the sibling intel-vbtn driver.
Protect intel-hid notify_handler() from racing with itself with a mutex to fix this.
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Affected Products
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