Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-63959

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tcpm/tcpci_maxim: validate header NDO against RX_BYTE_CNT A broken/malicious port can transmit a CRC-valid frame whose header advertises up to seven data objects but whose body carries fewer than that. Check for this, and rightfully reject the message, instead of reading from uninitialized stack memory.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 7.0.12, 5.10, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

References