In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: kalmia: bound RX frame length in kalmia_rx_fixup()
kalmia_rx_fixup() computes usb_packet_length = skb->len - (2 * KALMIA_HEADER_LENGTH) as a u16, guarded only by a pre-loop check that skb->len is at least KALMIA_HEADER_LENGTH, which is 6. A device can deliver a short bulk-IN frame with skb->len in the 6 to 11 range, or leave a short trailing remainder on a later loop iteration. Either case underflows usb_packet_length to about 65530.
That bypasses the usb_packet_length < ether_packet_length truncation path. The device-supplied ether_packet_length, a le16 up to 65535 read from header_start[2], then drives a memcmp() and the following skb_trim() and skb_pull() past the end of the rx buffer. The rx buffer is hard_mtu * 10, which is 14000 bytes. That is an out of bounds read.
Require both the start and end framing headers to be present before subtracting them, on every loop iteration.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.12Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 25, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspiUpgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-genericUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oemUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04bUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtime-64k | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 3, 2026 | Jul 25, 2026 |
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