{"id":"CVE-2026-72078","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Input: ims-pcu - validate control endpoint type","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nInput: ims-pcu - validate control endpoint type\n\nThe driver currently assumes that the first endpoint of the control\ninterface is an interrupt IN endpoint without verifying it. 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