CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63874

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's MCTP USB driver between URB completion and cancellation of the rx_retry work. This can cause a URB to be submitted after the network interface has been stopped.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential data corruption or system instability, as unsynchronized operations may process packets after interface shutdown, leading to crashes or memory leaks.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that synchronizes the stop flag setting and work cancellation under a common lock, eliminating the race.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: usb: fix race between urb completion and rx_retry cancellation It's possible that sequencing between setting ->stopped and cancelling the rx_retry work (in ndo_stop) could leave us with an urb queued: T1: ndo_stop T2: rx_retry_work ------------ ---------------- LD: ->stopped => false ST: ->stopped <= true usb_kill_urb() mctp_usb_rx_queue() usb_submit_urb() cancel_delayed_work_sync() That urb completion can then re-schedule rx_retry_work. Strenghen the sequencing between the stop (preventing another requeue) and the cancel by updating both atomically under a new rx lock. After setting ->rx_stopped, and cancelling pending work, we know that the requeue cannot occur, so all that's left is killing any pending urb.

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