| Release Date: | 2026-09-04 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: option: fix slab OOB read in interrupt URB callback The interrupt URB buffer is allocated in setup_port_interrupt_in() based on the endpoint's wMaxPacketSize: buffer_size = usb_endpoint_maxp(epd); port->interrupt_in_buffer = kmalloc(buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL); When a USB device declares wMaxPacketSize = 8 on its interrupt IN endpoint, the buffer is allocated from kmalloc-8 cache (exactly 8 bytes). If the device sends a short packet (actual_length < wMaxPacketSize), the URB completes with status == 0 and the callback proceeds to read: data[sizeof(struct usb_ctrlrequest)] which evaluates to data[8], accessing 1 byte beyond the allocated 8-byte buffer. This results in a slab out-of-bounds read. Fix this by adding the missing bounds check: first verify that the actual length is large enough to contain the struct usb_ctrlrequest header before accessing req_pkt->bRequestType and req_pkt->bRequest, and then verify that there is an additional byte for the modem signal state before reading data[sizeof(struct usb_ctrlrequest)] inside the conditional. Use sizeof(*req_pkt) instead of sizeof(struct usb_ctrlrequest) for consistency. [ johan: use dev_err(); split signals declaration and initialisation ]
See more information about CVE-2026-80827 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 1.8 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Physical |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | High |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Low |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-500377 | 2026-10-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-500374 | 2026-10-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-500377 | 2026-10-07 |
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