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CVE-2026-63942: Linux 4.2
CVE-2026-63942. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00169 (percentile 0.0578), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before f3378b0d7bd4605de89b083b2900788157a181cc, 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before 290f515c5e3b3900bc2fe24f179999fd08d23bfa, 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before d16548be2ea5058227d79799e81dab61c9bca8ec, 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before 15b1723c1472e802f9f7e69ae4e64f7dbf588848, 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before 51026cff1f4f3b762a0b5a07c727bd59cef45320, 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before 74d6aae1df45d3414178986be743f946988fddf6, 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before a1e81b58da0179531bedf0b9f2811f5f992d5c4b, 6fa45a22689722dac9f0e90c0931d4b34b334ede to before ef15ccbb3e8640a723c42ad90eaf81d66ae02017
Linux
Linux · 4.2
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/parport/share.c, include/linux/parport.h
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00169 · percentile 0.0578 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 16:55:38.548135+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-63942.html