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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-63961

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 7/19/2026 12:17:15 PM

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: validate count before reading Status Update VDO

A broken/malicious device can send the incorrect count for a status
update VDO, which will cause the kernel to read uninitialized stack data
and send it off elsewhere.

Fix this up by correctly verifying the count for the update object.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64bd6ccc5799f8473d1f37d4d8f53093dfec5c02
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ffdbcd7a02f3af8fff9b6519830369f574ed44c
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e7045849e954e56dcbf441b6330e66bc996306
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74aabe9ea30fdfba924fce9594e6aa69a596a4bb
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77a759ec30bc5fb0dd9c867b711d0acfed6c7faa
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a18f896e667df491331371b55d4ad644dc51d60
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b10eff5abe6aa2a5af10ed17bddff76e3b6e6b9b
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7118c010f324497c275e8fd7a35c9baaa2a00f
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