CVE-2026-53194
USB: serial: kl5kusb105: fix bulk-out buffer overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jun 25, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 9, 2026
Description
In 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53194vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2492703issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-53194.json
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