CVE-2026-63895
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: f_fs: copy only received bytes on short ep0 read
ffs_ep0_read() allocates its control-OUT data buffer with
kmalloc() (not kzalloc) at the Length value from the Setup
packet, then copies that full len to userspace regardless of
how many bytes were actually received:
data = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
...
ret = __ffs_ep0_queue_wait(ffs, data, len);
if ((ret > 0) && (copy_to_user(buf, data, len)))
ret = -EFAULT;
__ffs_ep0_queue_wait() returns req->actual, which on a short
control OUT transfer is strictly less than len. The
copy_to_user() call still copies len bytes, so on a short OUT
the last (len - ret) bytes of the kmalloc() buffer --
uninitialised slab residue -- are delivered to the FunctionFS
daemon.
Short ep0 OUT completions are specified USB control-transfer
behavior and are produced by in-tree UDCs:
* dwc2 continues on req->actual < req->length for ep0 DATA OUT
(short-not-ok is the only ep0-OUT stall path).
* aspeed_udc ends ep0 OUT on rx_len < ep->ep.maxpacket.
* renesas_usbf logs "ep0 short packet" and completes the
request.
* dwc3 stalls on short IN but not on short OUT.
A short ep0 OUT is therefore not evidence of a broken UDC; it is
a normal condition f_fs has to cope with. The sibling gadgetfs
implementation in drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c already does
this correctly via min(len, dev->req->actual) before
copy_to_user(). This patch brings f_fs.c to the same safe
pattern rather than trimming at a defensive layer.
The bug is reached from the FunctionFS device node, which in
real deployments is owned by the privileged gadget daemon
(adbd, UMS, composite gadget services, etc.); it is not
reachable from unprivileged userspace. Linux host stacks
normally reject short-wLength control OUTs before they reach
the gadget, so reproducing this required a build that
bypasses that host-side check. With the bypass in place, a
1-byte payload on a 64-byte Setup produces 63 bytes of
non-canary slab residue in the daemon's read buffer.
Fix by copying only ret (actually received) bytes to
userspace.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 < 90ccf5fb63243fae1b4b3200f3310500500ecf2e, ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 < af32dbb2ca0b3d09271ab718d13857a457fa16f2, ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 < e835bf9a055f71874065a40780ca5560b7df8b33, ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 < 88874a19b2b093bfaaa1c0090fa536c44da8c08b … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.35, 0 < 2.6.35, 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.*, 6.1.176 ≤ 6.1.* … |
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90ccf5fb63243fae1b4b3200f3310500500ecf2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af32dbb2ca0b3d09271ab718d13857a457fa16f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e835bf9a055f71874065a40780ca5560b7df8b33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88874a19b2b093bfaaa1c0090fa536c44da8c08b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/607730a414773a7cbe3037a64a6c64e72689ff5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c1f7deb9dd8447ecde749850676302aa1e2bd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e036c10e7f4df5d951c69cc3697bc8e209c6d02