CVE-2025-39760: usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-39760 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 61 · Related 41Timeline
- 11-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing usb_parse_ss_endpoint_companion() checks descriptor type before length, enabling a potentially odd read outside of the buffer size. Fix this up by checking the size first before looking at any of the fields in the descriptor.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
8%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.18% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu149 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-163.173 | < 6.8.0-100.100
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1097.104 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
- linux< 6.1.153-1 | < 6.12.43-1 | < 6.16.3-1
- debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < 5c3097ede7835d3caf6543eb70ff689af4550cd2 | ≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < 058ad2b722812708fe90567875704ae36563e33b | ≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < b10e0f868067c6f25bbfabdcf3e1e6432c24ca55 | ≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < 5badd56c711e2c8371d1670f9bd486697575423c | ≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < 9512510cee7d1becdb0e9413fdd3ab783e4e30ee | ≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < 4fe6f472f0beef4281e6f03bc38a910a33be663f | ≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < 9843bcb187cb933861f7805022e6873905f669e4 | ≥ 842f16905dfc6743c1dd80c3d29b49ba3ab7f7c8, < cf16f408364efd8a68f39011a3b073c83a03612d | 2.6.35
- linux_kernel≥ 2.6.35, < 5.10.241 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.190 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.149 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.103 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.43 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.11 | ≥ 6.16, < 6.16.2
3 vendors · 153 products
References
41 links- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory