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A successful zero-length USB URB additionally\nreads the packet ID before the common parser is called.\n\nReject the zero-length USB transfer, require the seven-byte joystick and\nwheel prefixes and the two-byte status prefix, and consume only complete\nstatus-tail addresses.","publishedAt":"2026-08-26T14:37:33.756Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-27T04:58:55.441Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"0ec411167655ef3ff3e84f6af685e962aff9a75b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"609be40988898a4d75225ade0ea5c1734757dd33","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"e73d7a7d913d89141321f5f3f16343ecc200d152","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"5232529eaf57f08fe37484e301579a1915b93d14","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"2c083ab16e33fbff3ab8c752fbf8118ed3dd31ce","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"a64a8b6b31cd669f0449138e53cc2592d454ccf1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"84e5cb517f445dadbd5f8bf4ec513540e51f9c36","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","lessThan":"5751c781d3c97ab6ce0e2a966156ed882152c415","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/input/joystick/iforce/iforce-packets.c","drivers/input/joystick/iforce/iforce-usb.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"2.6.12","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.266","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.217","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.184","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.153","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.105","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.46","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.10","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/input/joystick/iforce/iforce-packets.c","drivers/input/joystick/iforce/iforce-usb.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ec411167655ef3ff3e84f6af685e962aff9a75b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/609be40988898a4d75225ade0ea5c1734757dd33","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e73d7a7d913d89141321f5f3f16343ecc200d152","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5232529eaf57f08fe37484e301579a1915b93d14","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c083ab16e33fbff3ab8c752fbf8118ed3dd31ce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a64a8b6b31cd669f0449138e53cc2592d454ccf1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84e5cb517f445dadbd5f8bf4ec513540e51f9c36","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5751c781d3c97ab6ce0e2a966156ed882152c415"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:07.220Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/80xxx/CVE-2026-80573.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-80573","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-08-26T14:37:33.756Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-27T04:58:55.441Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-08-26T14:34:25.768Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Input: iforce - validate input packet lengths","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nInput: iforce - validate input packet lengths\n\niforce_process_packet() reads fixed fields from joystick, wheel and\nstatus packets without first checking their lengths. 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