CVE-2026-16148
MediumCVSS 4.6Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs
Summary
The ITE it82xx2 USB device-controller driver (drivers/usb/udc/udc_it82xx2.c) initializes its bus-suspend detection work item with k_work_init_delayable() inside it82xx2_enable(). Because it82xx2_disable() does not cancel the work, a disable-then-enable cycle re-initializes the still-pending work in place, corrupting kernel timeout/workqueue linked lists and causing a kernel panic.
Risk Assessment
An external, physically connected USB host can drive udc_disable()/udc_enable() transitions and trigger a kernel panic, resulting in an unauthenticated denial of service. No confidentiality or integrity impact has been demonstrated.
Recommendation
Apply the fix that moves the k_work_init_delayable() call into the one-time preinit function so the work is initialized exactly once. Until patched, consider restricting the ability to attach untrusted USB devices to systems using this driver.
Other vulnerabilities in ITE it82xx2 USB device-controller driver
Original NVD description (English source)
The ITE it82xx2 USB device-controller driver initialized its bus-suspend detection work with k_work_init_delayable(&priv->suspended_work, suspended_handler) inside it82xx2_enable() (the driver's .enable op) in drivers/usb/udc/udc_it82xx2.c. This work item is scheduled essentially continuously while the USB bus is active: the interrupt handler reschedules it on every SOF frame and suspended_handler() reschedules itself, so its timeout node is normally linked in the kernel timeout list / a workqueue pending queue. k_work_init_delayable() (kernel/work.c) unconditionally overwrites the entire k_work_delayable structure, including its timeout and queue linkage, with no busy check. Because it82xx2_disable() does not cancel the work, a normal disable-then-enable cycle re-runs api->enable() (udc_enable() only rejects a redundant enable, not a re-enable after disable) and re-initializes the still-pending work in place, corrupting the kernel timeout/workqueue linked lists and causing a kernel panic. An external USB host — for example a host performing USB DFU detach (dfu-util --detach) or forcing repeated attach/reset/re-enumeration — drives the udc_disable()/udc_enable() transitions and controls suspend/resume timing, so it can arrange for the suspend work to be pending across a re-enable. This yields an unauthenticated denial of service (kernel panic) reachable across the USB boundary from a removable, physically-connected host, with no confidentiality or integrity impact demonstrated. The fix moves the k_work_init_delayable() call into the one-time preinit function so the work is initialized exactly once, eliminating the re-initialization of an in-use item.
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