FKIE_CVE-2026-80824
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-04 16:18 - Updated: 2026-10-19 09:17
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb_device in usbdev_release()
usbdev_release() drops its reference to the struct usb_device before
draining the list of completed async URBs, but that drain path reads back
through the same object: free_async() calls dec_usb_memory_use_count()
for any URB whose buffer came from the usbfs mmap() region, and its first
statement is bus_to_hcd(ps->dev->bus).
After a disconnect the usbfs reference can be the last one, in which case
usb_put_dev() frees the device and the subsequent loop reads offset 80 of
freed memory and uses the result as a struct usb_hcd *, which
hcd_buffer_free_pages() then dereferences.
This is reachable by an unprivileged process that has read/write access to
a /dev/bus/usb node: mmap() the fd, submit one URB with a buffer inside the
mapping, wait for the device to be unplugged, then munmap() and close().
It reproduces on every attempt rather than being a race, because a live
MAP_SHARED vma holds a reference on the struct file, so usbdev_release()
cannot run until the last vma is gone and the freeing branch of
dec_usb_memory_use_count() is always taken.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dec_usb_memory_use_count+0x3ae/0x410
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880122ee050 by task poc/769
CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 769 Comm: poc Tainted: G B 6.12.94 #3
Call Trace:
dec_usb_memory_use_count+0x3ae/0x410
free_async+0x2aa/0x4f0
usbdev_release+0x375/0x460
__fput+0x3ea/0xb50
__x64_sys_close+0x86/0x100
Allocated by task 11:
usb_alloc_dev+0x55/0xd90
hub_event+0x2524/0x43d0
Freed by task 769:
kfree+0x121/0x360
device_release+0xd2/0x280
usb_put_dev+0x23/0x30
usbdev_release+0x2d8/0x460
Release the device reference after the drain loop instead. Nothing between
the two points requires it to have been dropped.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/usb/core/devio.c"
],
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"vendor": "Linux",
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}
]
},
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"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/usb/core/devio.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.6"
},
{
"lessThan": "4.6",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.269",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.220",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.187",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.156",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.108",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.49",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.13",
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},
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.3",
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},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
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"version": "7.3",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
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}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb_device in usbdev_release()\n\nusbdev_release() drops its reference to the struct usb_device before\ndraining the list of completed async URBs, but that drain path reads back\nthrough the same object: free_async() calls dec_usb_memory_use_count()\nfor any URB whose buffer came from the usbfs mmap() region, and its first\nstatement is bus_to_hcd(ps-\u003edev-\u003ebus).\n\nAfter a disconnect the usbfs reference can be the last one, in which case\nusb_put_dev() frees the device and the subsequent loop reads offset 80 of\nfreed memory and uses the result as a struct usb_hcd *, which\nhcd_buffer_free_pages() then dereferences.\n\nThis is reachable by an unprivileged process that has read/write access to\na /dev/bus/usb node: mmap() the fd, submit one URB with a buffer inside the\nmapping, wait for the device to be unplugged, then munmap() and close().\nIt reproduces on every attempt rather than being a race, because a live\nMAP_SHARED vma holds a reference on the struct file, so usbdev_release()\ncannot run until the last vma is gone and the freeing branch of\ndec_usb_memory_use_count() is always taken.\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dec_usb_memory_use_count+0x3ae/0x410\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880122ee050 by task poc/769\n CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 769 Comm: poc Tainted: G B 6.12.94 #3\n\n Call Trace:\n dec_usb_memory_use_count+0x3ae/0x410\n free_async+0x2aa/0x4f0\n usbdev_release+0x375/0x460\n __fput+0x3ea/0xb50\n __x64_sys_close+0x86/0x100\n\n Allocated by task 11:\n usb_alloc_dev+0x55/0xd90\n hub_event+0x2524/0x43d0\n\n Freed by task 769:\n kfree+0x121/0x360\n device_release+0xd2/0x280\n usb_put_dev+0x23/0x30\n usbdev_release+0x2d8/0x460\n\nRelease the device reference after the drain loop instead. Nothing between\nthe two points requires it to have been dropped."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-80824",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:17.293",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-09-04T16:18:10.233",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a960b88c5979f853019d4dc4957dfbeeb193440"
},
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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