CVE-2026-64233

usb: gadget: uvc: hold opts->lock across XU walks in uvc_function_bind

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 24, 2026 at 03:27 PM UTC
Updated: August 12, 2026 at 07:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: uvc: hold opts->lock across XU walks in uvc_function_bind uvc_function_bind() walks &opts->extension_units twice without holding opts->lock: - directly, for the iExtension string-descriptor fixup loop; - indirectly, four times via uvc_copy_descriptors() (once per speed), where the helper iterates uvc->desc.extension_units (which aliases &opts->extension_units) to size and emit XU descriptors. The configfs side (uvcg_extension_make / uvcg_extension_drop, in drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.c) takes opts->lock around its list_add_tail / list_del operations. A privileged userspace process that holds the configfs subtree open and writes the gadget UDC name to bind the function while concurrently rmdir()'ing an extensions subdir can race uvcg_extension_drop() against the bind-time list walks and dereference a freed struct uvcg_extension. Hold opts->lock from the start of the XU string-descriptor fixup through the last uvc_copy_descriptors() call, releasing on the descriptor-error path via a new error_unlock label that drops the lock before falling through to the existing error label. This matches the locking discipline of the configfs callbacks and removes the only remaining unsynchronised reader of the XU list during bind. Reachability: only privileged processes that can mount configfs and write to gadget UDC files can trigger the race, so this is a correctness fix rather than a security boundary.

Affected

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

6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.356.19 ≤ v < 7.0.126.3 ≤ v < 6.12.936.3 ≤ v < 6.18.356.3 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.3 ≤ v < 7.0.126.3 ≤ v < 7.16.7 ≤ v < 6.12.93525210c9840229e42c6b68e886c72a75a67cf8e7.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc5
Vendor states this is fixed in 2c9e0905ef7e69f7b814cd709613f6b3b5b98805 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5f1b9cff88982e2a2053d8b1fd983f7ccb9f03cc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 68aa70648b625fa684bc0b71bbfd905f4943ca20 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in caec0145e5974e85fe5192fc6a6f5aa1a98f82a6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e15c414092b3c24610cc771e481a723b0f645eca (fixed)
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 6.3 (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
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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