CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63899

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 in the mxuport USB serial driver can cause slab memory corruption when a malicious device reports a too small bulk-out endpoint max packet size. The fix ensures the packet size is at least eight bytes.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit 0f7e7c8e) or apply the appropriate backport.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: mxuport: fix memory corruption with small endpoint Make sure that the bulk-out endpoint max packet size is at least eight bytes to avoid user-controlled slab corruption should a malicious device report a smaller size.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS