CVE-2026-64345
usb: gadget: f_printer: take kref only for successful open
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_printer: take kref only for successful open printer_open() returns -EBUSY when the character device is already open, but it increments dev->kref regardless of the return value. VFS does not call ->release() for a failed open, so every rejected second open permanently leaks one reference. Move kref_get() into the successful-open branch.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94ec20d97aa51547965a539f660a1fe79c6929a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75c0ad13e136961328253742501b4efc3988a587
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf20c94fa6aaff945f0ae3a23f3212cd299f28d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a5eba992c862b0c94411eecf9b7121e8636db38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f1f24c367938c5537e2308bf9a965f051d14774
References (6)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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