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High [CVE-2026-63962] bound altmode_desc per iteration in svdm_consume_modes

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-63962 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Shadow Migration Toolkit for Virtualization for RHEL 10.

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CVE-2026-63962
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Red Hat LinuxLinux Kernel
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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tcpm: bound altmode_desc[] per iteration in svdm_consume_modes() svdm_consume_modes() checks pmdata->altmodes against the array size once before the loop over the count, but forgot to check the bound at every point in the loop.

In the well-behaved SVDM discovery flow this is harmless because each of at most SVID_DISCOVERY_MAX SVIDs contributes at most MODE_DISCOVERY_MAX modes, exactly filling altmode_desc[ALTMODE_DISCOVERY_MAX]. But the CMDT_RSP_ACK handler in tcpm_pd_svdm() does not correlate an incoming ACK with any request the port actually sent.

Once port->partner is set, an unsolicited Discover Modes ACK is consumed unconditionally. A broken or malicious port partner can therefore drive altmodes to ALTMODE_DISCOVERY_MAX - 1 via the normal flow, and then send one extra Discover Modes ACK with seven VDOs.

Because the pre-loop check passes, the loop could then writes up to five entries past altmode_desc[]. For mode_data_prime the next field in struct tcpm_port is the partner_altmode[] pointer array, which then receives partner-chosen SVID/VDO bytes.

Move the bound check inside the loop so the array can never be indexed past ALTMODE_DISCOVERY_MAX regardless of how many VDOs the partner supplies or how the function was reached.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

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Fixed versions
  • kernel-0:6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-687.59.1.el9_8
  • RHSA-2026:85321
  • RHSA-2026:86033

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: kernel-0:6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-0:5.14.0-687.59.1.el9_8, RHSA-2026:85321, RHSA-2026:86033. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here. Review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 days ago·verify at source

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