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CVE-2026-64540

CVE-2026-64540 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.1 HIGH

Reported by Linux · Published July 27, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: gl620a: fix out-of-bounds read in genelink_rx_fixup() genelink_rx_fixup() splits an aggregated RX frame into its individual packets, using a per-packet length taken from device-supplied data. That length is only bounded by GL_MAX_PACKET_LEN (1514); it is never compared against how many bytes were actually received. A malicious GeneLink (GL620A) device can therefore send a short URB whose header claims packet_count > 1 and a first packet of up to 1514 bytes. skb_put_data(gl_skb, packet->packet_data, size); then copies past the end of the receive buffer and hands the adjacent slab contents up the network stack, an out-of-bounds read that leaks kernel heap. No privilege is required: the path runs in the usbnet RX softirq as soon as the interface is up. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in genelink_rx_fixup (drivers/net/usb/gl620a.c:112) Read of size 1514 at addr ffff888011309708 by task ksoftirqd/0/14 Call Trace: ... __asan_memcpy (mm/kasan/shadow.c:105) genelink_rx_fixup (include/linux/skbuff.h:2814 drivers/net/usb/gl620a.c:112) usbnet_bh (drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:572 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1589) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3322) bh_worker (kernel/workqueue.c:3405) tasklet_action (kernel/softirq.c:965) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622) run_ksoftirqd (kernel/softirq.c:1076) ... skb_pull() already verifies that the requested length fits the buffer and returns NULL otherwise. Move it ahead of the copy and check its result, so a packet that overruns the received data is rejected before it is read. Well-formed frames, whose packets are fully present, are unaffected.

EPSS 0.28% · 19.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.28%
19.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux47ee3051c856cc2aa95d35d577a8cb37279d540f, 47ee3051c856cc2aa95d35d577a8cb37279d540f, 47ee3051c856cc2aa95d35d577a8cb37279d540f
LinuxLinux2.6.14, 0, 5.10.261
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.14, 2.6.14, 2.6.14
LinuxLinux47ee3051c856cc2aa95d35d577a8cb37279d540f, 47ee3051c856cc2aa95d35d577a8cb37279d540f, 47ee3051c856cc2aa95d35d577a8cb37279d540f

Timeline

  • Jul 27, 2026 CVE Published
  • Jul 28, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Jul 28, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score

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