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CVE-2026-64242

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a double free vulnerability was found in the USB gadget net2280 driver in the probe error path. After calling net2280_remove() and usb_put_gadget(), an explicit kfree(dev) was called, leading to a double free of the same structure.

Risk Assessment

A double free could lead to kernel memory corruption, potentially causing system crashes or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that removes the explicit kfree(dev) and lets the gadget_release() callback handle the final free.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: net2280: Fix double free in probe error path usb_initialize_gadget() installs gadget_release() as the release callback for the embedded gadget device. The struct net2280 instance is therefore released through gadget_release() when the gadget device's last reference is dropped. The probe error path calls net2280_remove(), which tears down the partially initialized device and drops the gadget reference with usb_put_gadget(). Calling kfree(dev) afterwards can free the same object again. Drop the explicit kfree() and let the gadget device release callback handle the final free. This issue was found by a static analysis tool I am developing.

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