CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63897

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the mct_u232 USB serial driver. It lacks a sanity check on the size of interrupt-in transfers, which could lead to parsing stale or uninitialized slab data and leaking it to user space.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves a potential leak of sensitive kernel data to user space, which could compromise system confidentiality and allow an attacker to access privileged information.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2026-63897. Monitor official security advisories from your Linux distribution and apply the appropriate patches.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: mct_u232: fix missing interrupt-in transfer sanity check Add the missing sanity check on the size of interrupt-in transfers to avoid parsing stale or uninitialised slab data (and leaking it to user space).

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