CVE-2026-43324

USB: dummy-hcd: Fix interrupt synchronization error

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2026 at 01:31 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 01:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: dummy-hcd: Fix interrupt synchronization error This fixes an error in synchronization in the dummy-hcd driver. The error has a somewhat involved history. The synchronization mechanism was introduced by commit 7dbd8f4cabd9 ("USB: dummy-hcd: Fix erroneous synchronization change"), which added an emulated "interrupts enabled" flag together with code emulating synchronize_irq() (it waits until all current handler callbacks have returned). But the emulated interrupt-disable occurred too late, after the driver containing the handler callback routines had been told that it was unbound and no more callbacks would occur. Commit 4a5d797a9f9c ("usb: gadget: dummy_hcd: fix gpf in gadget_setup") tried to fix this by moving the synchronize_irq() emulation code from dummy_stop() to dummy_pullup(), which runs before the unbind callback. There still were races, though, because the emulated interrupt-disable still occurred too late. It couldn't be moved to dummy_pullup(), because that routine can be called for reasons other than an impending unbind. Therefore commits 7dc0c55e9f30 ("USB: UDC core: Add udc_async_callbacks gadget op") and 04145a03db9d ("USB: UDC: Implement udc_async_callbacks in dummy-hcd") added an API allowing the UDC core to tell dummy-hcd exactly when emulated interrupts and their callbacks should be disabled. That brings us to the current state of things, which is still wrong because the emulated synchronize_irq() occurs before the emulated interrupt-disable! That's no good, beause it means that more emulated interrupts can occur after the synchronize_irq() emulation has run, leading to the possibility that a callback handler may be running when the gadget driver is unbound. To fix this, we have to move the synchronize_irq() emulation code yet again, to the dummy_udc_async_callbacks() routine, which takes care of enabling and disabling emulated interrupt requests. The synchronization will now run immediately after emulated interrupts are disabled, which is where it belongs.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.14 ≤ v < 5.15.2035.14 ≤ v < 6.1.1685.14 ≤ v < 6.12.815.14 ≤ v < 6.18.225.14 ≤ v < 6.19.125.14 ≤ v < 6.6.1345.14 ≤ v < 7.05.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1686.13 ≤ v < 6.18.226.19 ≤ v < 6.19.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1346.7 ≤ v < 6.12.814145a3db9d78469e817ab3a767c76c0fb9475.147.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc47.0 rc57.0 rc67.0 rc7
Vendor states this is fixed in 2ca9e46f8f1f5a297eb0ac83f79d35d5b3a02541 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5687a09776069bd915560021c9728ca528440128 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5aa776c8615bea3b1eaeec87b0788375800ead4f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8bcd80219d8e10e660bf29b20e41bb8beb4e4cb7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 94d4fab1dd9e64f45449bcc7d6a5acf796b13015 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cbf7df5e5d27cd5bea92ee9a75a4b28dbcc718d4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d847f375b1bcea713143bc02720d13d2d01b012a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.203 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.168 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.81 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.134 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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