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CVE-2026-63898

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's mct_u232 driver, a vulnerability causes memory corruption when a USB device reports a smaller bulk-out endpoint max packet size than expected (32 bytes). The driver overrides the maximum transfer size, potentially leading to slab corruption.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could use a malicious USB device to trigger kernel memory corruption, potentially causing system crashes or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that prevents increasing the maximum transfer size in the mct_u232 driver.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: mct_u232: fix memory corruption with small endpoint The driver overrides the maximum transfer size for a specific device which only accepts 16 byte packets for its 32 byte bulk-out endpoint. Make sure to never increase the maximum transfer size to prevent slab corruption should a malicious device report a smaller endpoint max packet size than expected.

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