CVE-2026-53194
HIGH 7.8In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: kl5kusb105: fix bulk-out buffer overflow klsi_105_prepare_write_buffer() is called by the generic write path with the bulk-out buffer and its size (bulk_out_size, 64 bytes). It stores a two-byte length header at the start of the buffer and copies the payload from the write fifo starting at buf + KLSI_HDR_LEN, but passes the full buffer size as the number of bytes to copy: count = kfifo_out_locked(&port->write_fifo, buf + KLSI_HDR_LEN, size, &port->lock); When the fifo holds at least size bytes, size bytes are copied starting two bytes into the size-byte buffer, writing KLSI_HDR_LEN bytes past its end. Copy at most size - KLSI_HDR_LEN bytes instead, leaving room for the header as safe_serial already does. Writing bulk_out_size or more bytes to the tty triggers a slab out-of-bounds write, observed with KASAN by emulating the device with dummy_hcd and raw-gadget: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kfifo_copy_out+0x83/0xc0 Write of size 64 at addr ffff888112c62202 by task python3 kfifo_copy_out klsi_105_prepare_write_buffer [kl5kusb105] usb_serial_generic_write_start [usbserial] Allocated by task 139: usb_serial_probe [usbserial] The buggy address is located 2 bytes inside of allocated 64-byte region The out-of-bounds write no longer occurs with this change applied.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.8), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.1%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 4th percentile
Impact if exploited
7.8CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept & exploit code
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Affected
Products Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Linux Kernel
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ≥ 2.6.35 and < 5.10.259 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ≥ 5.11 and < 5.15.210 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ≥ 5.16 and < 6.1.176 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ≥ 6.2 and < 6.6.143 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ≥ 6.7 and < 6.12.94 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ≥ 6.13 and < 6.18.36 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ≥ 6.19 and < 7.0.13 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 |
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 7.8 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - MEDIUM 5.3 v3.1 · ADP Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - HIGH 7.8 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - MEDIUM 5.3 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
References
Patches & mitigations
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60af1fd82983c26604102e63a3fcc822c186cceb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a57320f71941d4e0b1307453c9a1f0939afe666
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14147b7963685957839c76ba8094924e22777d79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1288cd700f721c1a119c4f1e8efa234e59caada
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70d86e355c564b5510fde61361df014f5476c83e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/372f33ebed747d91870f57c0a2e62884a870bffa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bde742b076cbe26ecc89c8c68c76ae076a524d02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96d47e40bf9db4a9efd5c8fb53287a508d165f14