# net: usb: pegasus: don't rely on id table pointer arithmetic

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97540`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97540`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `733260ff9c45bd4db60f45d17e8560a4a68dff4d to before 7c940a1100cb0aa18a54dc48d736c0525c0f400c` (git)
  - affected: `733260ff9c45bd4db60f45d17e8560a4a68dff4d to before 05d47f540d85c8f6697ec5cfc1aa7b4f96a5b31b` (git)
  - affected: `733260ff9c45bd4db60f45d17e8560a4a68dff4d to before 9425a13960ef38bac237608f25c9ee64ff113086` (git)
  - affected: `733260ff9c45bd4db60f45d17e8560a4a68dff4d to before 7654812b65047349ea4c111eed42c4315a00e462` (git)
  - affected: `733260ff9c45bd4db60f45d17e8560a4a68dff4d to before 61b84e964a829d534f24eab4cbd4035d22b52601` (git)
  - affected: `733260ff9c45bd4db60f45d17e8560a4a68dff4d to before ce8101c331956bbd3e20681331dfd22eb7c1c1ea` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.16`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.16` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97540](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97540)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97540](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97540)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c940a1100cb0aa18a54dc48d736c0525c0f400c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05d47f540d85c8f6697ec5cfc1aa7b4f96a5b31b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9425a13960ef38bac237608f25c9ee64ff113086>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7654812b65047349ea4c111eed42c4315a00e462>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b84e964a829d534f24eab4cbd4035d22b52601>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce8101c331956bbd3e20681331dfd22eb7c1c1ea>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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