Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-23365

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: kalmia: validate USB endpoints The kalmia driver should validate that the device it is probing has the proper number and types of USB endpoints it is expecting before it binds to it. If a malicious device were to not have the same urbs the driver will crash later on when it blindly accesses these endpoints.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-23365: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions d40261236e8e278cb1936cb5e934262971692b10, 3.0, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 3.0, 7.0

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23365?
CVE-2026-23365 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-23365?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.