usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: reject firmware images without a ':' record header (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-63964
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 5 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: reject firmware images without a ':' record header do_flash() locates the first .cyacd record with p = strnchr(fw->data, fw->size, ':'); while (p < eof) { s = strnchr(p + 1, eof - p - 1, ':'); ... } If the firmware image contains no ':' byte, strnchr() returns NULL. NULL compares less than the valid kernel pointer eof, so the loop body runs and strnchr() is called with p + 1 == (void *)1 and a length of roughly (unsigned long)eof, causing a wonderful crash. The not_signed_fw fallthrough earlier in do_flash() and the chip-state branches in ccg_fw_update_needed() allow an unsigned blob to reach this loop, so a root user who can place a crafted file under /lib/firmware and write the do_flash sysfs attribute can trigger the oops. Bail out with -EINVAL when the initial strnchr() returns NULL.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 5c9ae5a87573d38cfc4c740aafda2fa6ce06e401 < b41dfc033fe594e152648050e95b9489cd53e9e3 ; affected 5c9ae5a87573d38cfc4c740aafda2fa6ce06e401 < 2f395ca1263bd181995eb829f5943a83a20db213 ; affected 5c9ae5a87573d38cfc4c740aafda2fa6ce06e401 < 6526f8684f72391138353642af908803ba70795e ; affected 5c9ae5a87573d38cfc4c740aafda2fa6ce06e401 < 3f432b8203066c26770fe6ea591361f10021dd6b ; affected 5c9ae5a87573d38cfc4c740aafda2fa6ce06e401 < c4ee519b06389e59ba2d6aa722fcc4a02a8bbcbb ; affected 5c9ae5a87573d38cfc4c740aafda2fa6ce06e401 < a38ed87818b2419090fb1a6338ddce6842b65dfa
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.2 ; unaffected 0 < 5.2 ; unaffected 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.176 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD