CVE-2026-72483

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Aug 17, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: host: max3421: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in max3421_hub_control()

The `max3421_hub_control()` function handles USB hub class requests to the virtual root hub. In the `default` branches of both the `ClearPortFeature` and `SetPortFeature` switch statements, it modifies `max3421_hcd->port_status` by left shifting 1 by the request's `value` parameter. However, it does not validate whether this shift will exceed the width of `port_status`.

So if a malicious userspace task with access to the root hub via /dev/bus/usb/.../001 issues a USBDEVFS_CONTROL ioctl with `wValue` greater than or equal to 32, the left shift operation invokes shift-out-of-bounds undefined behavior. This results in arbitrary bit corruption of `port_status`, including the normally-immutable change bits, which can bypass internal state checks and confuse the hub status.

Fix this by rejecting requests whose `value` exceeds the shift width before performing the shift.

This issue was found using a KLEE-based symbolic execution tool for kernel drivers that I'm currently developing.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < e5fa9d8f40746ec3447335c9642c03410f5fd3af; >= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < 08b1d4cab0230697bc74c63fc4e40170a7559c54; >= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < 3be5f24e8270ba53b3c814d13689bb8644c86237; >= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < d512bdefd241b98f4d7bcb5bab5614a86411fad4; >= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < 00dd025324b56d39d37e57a08f473dab3a660f30; >= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < 02d03c61e8a7b016956acb48e8a2512d16d87517; >= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < 4da073d57176d8e1c2bca34febfbc81d2560c1a5; >= 2d53139f31626bad6f8983d8e519ddde2cbba921, < cff06b03b530ae1fe8a13e93a7848f2130e00fb4
LinuxLinux3.16

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 15, 2026
Last modified
Aug 17, 2026
NVD status
Received

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