{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-24T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: HID: alps: fix NULL pointer dereference in alps_raw_event()",
    "id" : "2461470",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461470"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "4.7",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-476",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nHID: alps: fix NULL pointer dereference in alps_raw_event()\nCommit ecfa6f34492c (\"HID: Add HID_CLAIMED_INPUT guards in raw_event\ncallbacks missing them\") attempted to fix up the HID drivers that had\nmissed the previous fix that was done in 2ff5baa9b527 (\"HID: appleir:\nFix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle\"), but the alps\ndriver was missed.\nFix this up by properly checking in the hid-alps driver that it had been\nclaimed correctly before attempting to process the raw event.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's HID (Human Interface Device) alps driver. This vulnerability, a NULL pointer dereference, occurs because the driver attempts to process raw events without properly verifying if the device has been claimed. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service." ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31625\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31625\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042427-CVE-2026-31625-71c1@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-31625",
  "csaw" : false
}