Linux KernelOperating system · Linux
CVE-2026-43156
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: pegasus: enable basic endpoint checking pegasus_probe() fills URBs with hardcoded endpoint pipes without verifying the endpoint descriptors: - usb_rcvbulkpipe(dev, 1) for RX data - usb_sndbulkpipe(dev, 2) for TX data - usb_rcvintpipe(dev, 3) for status interrupts A malformed USB device can present these endpoints with transfer types that differ from what the driver assumes. Add a pegasus_usb_ep enum for endpoint numbers, replacing magic constants throughout. Add usb_check_bulk_endpoints() and usb_check_int_endpoints() calls before any resource allocation to verify endpoint types before use, rejecting devices with mismatched descriptors at probe time, and avoid triggering assertion. Similar fix to - commit 90b7f2961798 ("net: usb: rtl8150: enable basic endpoint checking") - commit 9e7021d2aeae ("net: usb: catc: enable basic endpoint checking")
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
>= 2.6.12.1, < 5.10.252>= 5.11, < 5.15.202>= 5.16, < 6.1.165>= 6.2, < 6.6.128>= 6.7, < 6.12.75>= 6.13, < 6.18.16>= 6.19, < 6.19.6= 2.6.12= 7.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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dbcve · scoped5.10.2525.15.2026.1.165
Upgrade to kernel >=5.10.252 (for 5.10.x), >=5.15.202 (for 5.11-5.15.x), >=6.1.165 (for 5.16-6.1.x), or >=6.6.128 (for 6.2-6.6.x)
- Identify the current running kernel version using `uname -r`
- Determine the appropriate fixed version based on current kernel: for 5.10.x upgrade to >=5.10.252, for 5.11-5.15.x upgrade to >=5.15.202, for 5.16-6.1.x upgrade to >=6.1.165, for 6.2-6.6.x upgrade to >=6.6.128, for 6.7+ likely already fixed
- Apply the kernel upgrade via standard distribution package manager (e.g., `apt-get dist-upgrade`, `yum update`, or distribution-specific kernel update process)
- Reboot the system to load the patched kernel
- Verify the fix by checking that the pegasus driver loads correctly and the kernel version is >= the fixed version using `uname -r`
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