CVE-2026-63905
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in vudc_remove due to race condition
This patch follows up Zheng Wang's 2023 report of a use-after-free in
vudc_remove(). The original thread stalled on Shuah Khan's request for
runtime testing of the unplug/unbind path. This patch supplies that
testing and keeps Zheng's original fix shape.
In vudc_probe(), v_init_timer() binds udc->tr_timer.timer to v_timer().
usbip_sockfd_store() starts the timer via v_start_timer()/v_kick_timer().
vudc_remove() can then free the containing struct vudc while the timer is
still pending or executing.
KASAN confirms the race on an unpatched x86_64 QEMU guest with
CONFIG_KASAN=y, CONFIG_USBIP_VUDC=y, CONFIG_USB_ZERO=y, and a tight loop
that repeatedly writes a socket fd to usbip_sockfd, closes the socket
pair, and unbinds/rebinds usbip-vudc.0:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __run_timer_base.part.0+0x8ba/0x8e0
Write of size 8 at addr ffff888001b80740 by task trigger_and_unb/239
Allocated by task 239:
vudc_probe+0x4d/0xaa0
Freed by task 239:
kfree+0x18f/0x520
device_release_driver_internal+0x388/0x540
unbind_store+0xd9/0x100
This lands in the timer core rather than v_timer() itself because the
embedded timer_list is being walked after its containing struct vudc has
already been freed. The underlying lifetime bug is the same one Zheng
reported.
With v_stop_timer() called from vudc_remove() and the timer deleted
synchronously, the same harness completed 5000 bind/unbind iterations
with no KASAN report.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | b6a0ca11186759ad7045d68a5447b1e89f658384 < 61704e5cf9cd7464b510eb606e7e2978b1160a64, b6a0ca11186759ad7045d68a5447b1e89f658384 < dcc1c90b28b28b7c493547506297e78653f81952, b6a0ca11186759ad7045d68a5447b1e89f658384 < 1036ac6148995feaf486014d32bf26bf993c06a9, b6a0ca11186759ad7045d68a5447b1e89f658384 < a0638db2340ee053ab0450656a763fd111475e54 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.7, 0 < 4.7, 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* … |
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61704e5cf9cd7464b510eb606e7e2978b1160a64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcc1c90b28b28b7c493547506297e78653f81952
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1036ac6148995feaf486014d32bf26bf993c06a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0638db2340ee053ab0450656a763fd111475e54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07ed707467ce05ea9c03412d0c5ee9d0fe386a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d459e5b5a46da1ef9fd6f52d9439343edeec88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/207bf80362df3fce8ebc9723351dcb1bc6d9ed0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d96209626a29ea64666be98c30b30ac82e5f1be6