PT-2026-61273 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1
CVE-2026-63956
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Published
2026-05-22
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Updated
2026-09-07
CVSS v3.1
9.8
Critical
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory corruption issue exists in the
cypress m8 USB serial driver. A malicious device reporting an interrupt-out endpoint max packet size of less than eight bytes can trigger user-controlled slab corruption or a NULL-pointer dereference. Slab corruption occurs when memory in the slab allocator, a kernel memory management mechanism, is overwritten with arbitrary data.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Corruption
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu