FKIE_CVE-2026-98773
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-18 16:17 - Updated: 2026-10-30 13:21
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if disconnected
acm_port_shutdown() is called from the tty-port machinery whenever the
last user closes the port. acm_disconnect() sets acm->disconnected and
calls tty_port_tty_vhangup(), which eventually triggers port_shutdown().
At that point acm_disconnect() has already called acm_poison_urbs() and
is about to free the control and read URBs.
However, acm_port_shutdown() unconditionally calls acm_unpoison_urbs()
and, when the ALWAYS_POLL_CTRL quirk is set, immediately re-submits the
ctrlurb and all read URBs. If the concurrent acm_disconnect() then
frees those URBs and their DMA buffers while they are in-flight, the
result is a use-after-free in acm_ctrl_irq() or acm_read_bulk_callback()
accessing the freed DMA memory.
Fix by checking acm->disconnected after draining the delayed anchor and
returning early: if we are in a disconnect path the URBs must remain
poisoned and must not be resubmitted.
The early return is placed after the delayed-anchor drain loop because
that loop only cancels write-side accounting (wb->use = false and
autopm counter) and does not touch the hardware path.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
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"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
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"versionType": "git"
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"versionType": "git"
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"versionType": "git"
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
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"versionType": "semver"
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{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "6.6.136",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "6.12.83",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.18.56",
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"version": "6.18.24",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.20",
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.19.14",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "7.1",
"status": "affected",
"version": "7.0.1",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "7.1"
},
{
"lessThan": "7.1",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.191",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.160",
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},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.113",
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},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.56",
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},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.10",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.3",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if disconnected\n\nacm_port_shutdown() is called from the tty-port machinery whenever the\nlast user closes the port. acm_disconnect() sets acm-\u003edisconnected and\ncalls tty_port_tty_vhangup(), which eventually triggers port_shutdown().\nAt that point acm_disconnect() has already called acm_poison_urbs() and\nis about to free the control and read URBs.\n\nHowever, acm_port_shutdown() unconditionally calls acm_unpoison_urbs()\nand, when the ALWAYS_POLL_CTRL quirk is set, immediately re-submits the\nctrlurb and all read URBs. If the concurrent acm_disconnect() then\nfrees those URBs and their DMA buffers while they are in-flight, the\nresult is a use-after-free in acm_ctrl_irq() or acm_read_bulk_callback()\naccessing the freed DMA memory.\n\nFix by checking acm-\u003edisconnected after draining the delayed anchor and\nreturning early: if we are in a disconnect path the URBs must remain\npoisoned and must not be resubmitted.\n\nThe early return is placed after the delayed-anchor drain loop because\nthat loop only cancels write-side accounting (wb-\u003euse = false and\nautopm counter) and does not touch the hardware path."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-98773",
"lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:27.007",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-10-18T16:17:31.223",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/420ca35af891d33522cc08504768ccd60a4c450a"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9742905d9ed5bf23ebe4c100dec80b6bc50fb522"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ed07b5bbb2d8fcef86810453216070691816e7"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d86775e79838d7d2e38ccf506a7d0f8e2dd4d5d0"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d97da42e9de577dc827d4e8866e6971deefe2d9c"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc614d6bc991740d41d5a99ac7765c4b675dda88"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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