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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72078

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:21:17 AM

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

Input: ims-pcu - validate control endpoint type

The driver currently assumes that the first endpoint of the control
interface is an interrupt IN endpoint without verifying it. A malicious
device could provide a different endpoint type, which would then be
passed to usb_fill_int_urb(), potentially leading to kernel warnings
or undefined behavior.

Verify that the control endpoint is an interrupt IN endpoint.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b96b4da96313dd799a3a40dcfd598d2e2c19217
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de5075a1f26166f172b6687cb66810a9b61e3eb
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7960d99332e03705ec622d92f31e0c77de8baac6
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a630508a09b0c05f14bc0843ed409221a93751aa
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa1885f87e60c80e59e50ffd5fb096bf02c83e05
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf56975806534268e24acf9a8abb1c447ce11e9
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d3d83f2eaaf7659de76e8d44e8fc88ee346042
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbfa059dfb48b9aa322e34fd44a093d9ca29ad7e
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