# CVE-2026-72078: Input: ims-pcu - validate control endpoint type

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: ims-pcu - validate control endpoint type The driver currently assumes that the first endpoint of the control interface is an interrupt IN endpoint without verifying it. A malicious device could provide a different endpoint type, which would then be passed to usb_fill_int_urb(), potentially leading to kernel warnings or undefined behavior. Verify that the control endpoint is an interrupt IN endpoint.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de5075a1f26166f172b6687cb66810a9b61e3eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7960d99332e03705ec622d92f31e0c77de8baac6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b96b4da96313dd799a3a40dcfd598d2e2c19217
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa1885f87e60c80e59e50ffd5fb096bf02c83e05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a630508a09b0c05f14bc0843ed409221a93751aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d3d83f2eaaf7659de76e8d44e8fc88ee346042
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbfa059dfb48b9aa322e34fd44a093d9ca29ad7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf56975806534268e24acf9a8abb1c447ce11e9

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