CVE-2026-63905

usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in vudc_remove due to race condition

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 02:37 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in vudc_remove due to race condition This patch follows up Zheng Wang's 2023 report of a use-after-free in vudc_remove(). The original thread stalled on Shuah Khan's request for runtime testing of the unplug/unbind path. This patch supplies that testing and keeps Zheng's original fix shape. In vudc_probe(), v_init_timer() binds udc->tr_timer.timer to v_timer(). usbip_sockfd_store() starts the timer via v_start_timer()/v_kick_timer(). vudc_remove() can then free the containing struct vudc while the timer is still pending or executing. KASAN confirms the race on an unpatched x86_64 QEMU guest with CONFIG_KASAN=y, CONFIG_USBIP_VUDC=y, CONFIG_USB_ZERO=y, and a tight loop that repeatedly writes a socket fd to usbip_sockfd, closes the socket pair, and unbinds/rebinds usbip-vudc.0: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __run_timer_base.part.0+0x8ba/0x8e0 Write of size 8 at addr ffff888001b80740 by task trigger_and_unb/239 Allocated by task 239: vudc_probe+0x4d/0xaa0 Freed by task 239: kfree+0x18f/0x520 device_release_driver_internal+0x388/0x540 unbind_store+0xd9/0x100 This lands in the timer core rather than v_timer() itself because the embedded timer_list is being walked after its containing struct vudc has already been freed. The underlying lifetime bug is the same one Zheng reported. With v_stop_timer() called from vudc_remove() and the timer deleted synchronously, the same harness completed 5000 bind/unbind iterations with no KASAN report.

Affected

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

4.7 ≤ v < 5.10.2595.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2105.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1766.13 ≤ v < 6.18.356.19 ≤ v < 7.0.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.7 ≤ v < 6.12.934.77.1b6a0ca11186759ad7045d68a5447b1e89f658384
Vendor states this is fixed in 1036ac6148995feaf486014d32bf26bf993c06a9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 207bf80362df3fce8ebc9723351dcb1bc6d9ed0f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 61704e5cf9cd7464b510eb606e7e2978b1160a64 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 88d459e5b5a46da1ef9fd6f52d9439343edeec88 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0638db2340ee053ab0450656a763fd111475e54 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d07ed707467ce05ea9c03412d0c5ee9d0fe386a6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d96209626a29ea64666be98c30b30ac82e5f1be6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dcc1c90b28b28b7c493547506297e78653f81952 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.93 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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