What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-72074: Input: ims-pcu - fix type confusion in CDC union descriptor parsing

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-08-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 3.10 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08bf4b6ee28987570f4b3f1954427621fa291bf5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e8115a7ed9a99ff9495615a575a6c0f43566d10
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/163c3e7a1de6b3d5c85edb3bdf4cf087382103b0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab87cd7789d00f441f60a016cbcff35abe76513c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5518c5632f3485849421b9c33b4db5ae6a54ed7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca459e237bc49567649c56bc72e4c602fb92fd67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4cf878dcc4f6f02e7a25294bfaed4361264995e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa7f65c5315a25b310daae69ab527efd420e37fa

Get alerted when CVE-2026-72074 or the next vulnerability affects your stack