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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98612" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-18T15:19:32.790Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:22:40.233Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98612" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98612.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98612" title: "net: usb: catc: bound the RX packet length in catc_rx_done()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: usb: catc: bound the RX packet length in catc_rx_done()\n\ncatc_rx_done() walks a multi-packet URB, reading a two-byte length from\neach packet header. Its bound, pkt_len \u003e urb-\u003eactual_length, ignores the\nheader offset and compares against the whole transfer rather than the\nbytes left from pkt_start, so a crafted packet header makes\nskb_copy_to_linear_data() read past the buffer.\n\nA length below ETH_HLEN is also accepted, including zero, and\neth_type_trans() then reads a MAC header from the uninitialised tailroom\nof a shorter skb. The is_f5u011 branch takes its length straight from\nthe transfer, so a zero-length URB reaches the same path.\n\nTrack the bytes remaining from the current packet, and reject a header\nthat does not fit, a length past what is left, and a length below an\nEthernet header.\n\nA transfer shorter than an Ethernet header, including a zero-length one,\npreviously became a runt skb passed to netif_rx() and counted as\nreceived; it is now counted in rx_length_errors and ends the walk." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3942557938f846e7481f6ccb2b41ccbdee61baa1"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2f87bbd5a7bf6ee79d598f7e22cf77810d29ae87"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4cc0a8eb2f9336cfa3e4ac329bc5585ca970ced3"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"21e206dd88b3de6e36bb607dec3797c59bc3007b"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"801e21cf7dd6bcee31db907625d5045f21c9c1d9"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dd9c6f8f05170223edec2dac476606cd40d9acb7"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9d4be026bdff2c1da7b6c7e01c0a47f2df409e97"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9d565b6b72fe3f41fd43636e143072848105189f"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.55","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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