Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53196
USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in get_manuf_info()
6.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: serial: io_ti: fix heap overflow in get_manuf_info()
get_manuf_info() reads le16_to_cpu(rom_desc->Size) bytes from the
device I2C EEPROM into a buffer allocated with kmalloc_obj(), which
is sizeof(struct edge_ti_manuf_descriptor) = 10 bytes.
The Size field comes from the device and is only validated (in
check_i2c_image()) to make sure the descriptor fits within
TI_MAX_I2C_SIZE (16384 bytes), not against the destination buffer size.
A malicious USB device can therefore set Size to any value up to 16377,
causing a heap overflow of up to 16367 bytes when plugged into a host
running this driver.
valid_csum() is called after read_rom() and also iterates
buffer[0..Size-1], compounding the out-of-bounds access.
Fix by rejecting descriptors with unexpected length before calling
read_rom().
[ johan: amend commit message; also check for short descriptors ]
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.12.1 before 5.10.259; 5.11 before 5.15.210; 5.16 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.143; 6.7 before 6.12.94; 6.13 before 6.18.36; +13 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before e168db91442b94e64fa82a7dd297983d48ea5cc0; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 561edb021486e6723d841926aa4b48097da06190; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before cfd634f6dfd40c49a84f9bddc2867a80e2e2623a; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before d92f17af7097d10bdeddf26f66f34b354104b277; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before b849f30d1a9e66aae6b715aaef66e427390cb081; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before f96cf7bf9fbf15d7fcf0c91fec47ba8a010369ea; +3 more · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53196
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53196
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/183c1076eca43bbb3e7bdf597456f91d81c73e74
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/561edb021486e6723d841926aa4b48097da06190
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b849f30d1a9e66aae6b715aaef66e427390cb081
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd634f6dfd40c49a84f9bddc2867a80e2e2623a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d214d2341d4f9f447e36a7d012cdf6a6631a55f1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d92f17af7097d10bdeddf26f66f34b354104b277
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