CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63957

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

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's USB safe_serial driver allows user-controlled slab corruption when a malicious device reports a bulk-out buffer size smaller than 8 bytes. The fix ensures the buffer size is at least 8 bytes.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this to corrupt kernel memory, potentially causing system crashes or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that enforces a minimum bulk-out buffer size of 8 bytes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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

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