Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-64240

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rc: igorplugusb: fix control request setup packet Commit eac69475b01f ("media: rc: igorplugusb: heed coherency rules") changed the control request storage from an embedded struct to an allocated pointer so it can obey DMA coherency rules. However, the driver still passes &ir->request to usb_fill_control_urb(). That points the URB setup packet at the pointer field itself rather than at the allocated struct usb_ctrlrequest. USB core then interprets pointer bytes as the setup packet. This can produce an invalid bRequestType and trigger the control direction warning reported by syzbot: usb 2-1: BOGUS control dir, pipe 80003580 doesn't match bRequestType 0 Pass ir->request itself as the setup packet.

EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions bc04b8633b375af6ac8a8bb615258b80fe06cdaa, 81f0fb813e4bf28b3ca28dc218938a32eb48f740, 0e84aa8fc23c7578f105e3a2160f9d0aa2bed79a
  • Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.1

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-64240?
CVE-2026-64240 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-64240?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.