CVE-2026-72074 json
Input: ims-pcu - fix type confusion in CDC union descriptor parsing
published 2026-08-15 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-17 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-59032
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: ims-pcu - fix type confusion in CDC union descriptor parsing
The driver currently trusts the bMasterInterface0 from the CDC union descriptor without verifying that it matches the interface being probed. This could lead to the driver overwriting the private data of another interface.
Validate that the control interface found in the descriptor is indeed the one we are probing.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.180-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.100-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72074
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72074
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab87cd7789d00f441f60a016cbcff35abe76513c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5518c5632f3485849421b9c33b4db5ae6a54ed7 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/163c3e7a1de6b3d5c85edb3bdf4cf087382103b0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/08bf4b6ee28987570f4b3f1954427621fa291bf5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa7f65c5315a25b310daae69ab527efd420e37fa commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e8115a7ed9a99ff9495615a575a6c0f43566d10 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4cf878dcc4f6f02e7a25294bfaed4361264995e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca459e237bc49567649c56bc72e4c602fb92fd67 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-72074 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: Input: ims-pcu - fix type confusion in CDC union descriptor parsing
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ab87cd7789d00f441f60a016cbcff35abe76513c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b5518c5632f3485849421b9c33b4db5ae6a54ed7
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/163c3e7a1de6b3d5c85edb3bdf4cf087382103b0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/08bf4b6ee28987570f4b3f1954427621fa291bf5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/fa7f65c5315a25b310daae69ab527efd420e37fa
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0e8115a7ed9a99ff9495615a575a6c0f43566d10
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f4cf878dcc4f6f02e7a25294bfaed4361264995e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ca459e237bc49567649c56bc72e4c602fb92fd67
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-72074
- NVD CVE-2026-72074
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