USB-C disruption via off-by-one connector check
Published Dec 24, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Off-by-one error in Linux 6.10 and later affected branches allows physically proximate attackers to disrupt USB-C connectivity. The pmic_glink_ucsi_connector_status() callback rejects valid connector number 3 at the PMIC_GLINK_MAX_PORTS bound, so it never updates that port's Type-C orientation. The flaw requires a Qualcomm PMIC GLINK UCSI system with a third USB-C connector; no data disclosure or modification is reported.
Summary
What happened
Off-by-one error in Linux 6.10 and later affected branches allows physically proximate attackers to disrupt USB-C connectivity. The pmic_glink_ucsi_connector_status() callback rejects valid connector number 3 at the PMIC_GLINK_MAX_PORTS bound, so it never updates that port's Type-C orientation. The flaw requires a Qualcomm PMIC GLINK UCSI system with a third USB-C connector; no data disclosure or modification is reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53149
- Published
- Dec 24, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-193
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 24, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.10
- Affected versionversion=76716fd5bf09725c2c6825264147f16c21e56853 <4a22918810980897393fa1776ea3877e4baf8cca
- Affected versionversion=76716fd5bf09725c2c6825264147f16c21e56853 <6ba6f7f29e0dff47a2799e60dcd1b5c29cd811a5
- Affected versionversion=76716fd5bf09725c2c6825264147f16c21e56853 <9a5a8b5bd72169aa7a8ec800ef57be2f2cb4d9b2
- Affected versionversion=fd662c37a1087a2631cd2544138650b153e65f90 <8a2273e5c1beb285729aa001422967b4711c53fe
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