Bug 2513241 (CVE-2026-68365)

Summary: CVE-2026-68365 kernel: USB: serial: io_edgeport: cap received transmit credits
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `io_edgeport` USB serial driver. The driver fails to properly cap the transmit credits received from a connected USB device. This can lead to the `txCredits` value exceeding the allocated buffer size. A malicious USB device could leverage this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds write in the ring buffer, potentially resulting in a denial of service or other memory corruption.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:26:37 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

USB: serial: io_edgeport: cap received transmit credits

The interrupt-status packet reports transmit credits returned by the
device. edge_interrupt_callback() adds the 16-bit value to txCredits
without checking maxTxCredits.

edge_write() uses txCredits minus the software FIFO count as the amount
of data that fits. Since the FIFO is allocated with maxTxCredits bytes,
txCredits exceeding maxTxCredits can cause OOB write in ring buffer.

Cap accumulated credits at maxTxCredits. Conforming devices should never
hit the cap.