CVE-2026-90022 (GCVE-0-2026-90022)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 10:33 – Updated: 2026-09-16 14:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
usb: gadget: f_midi2: fix use-after-free in string attribute show path
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: f_midi2: fix use-after-free in string attribute show path
f_midi2_opts_str_show() takes the string lock internally, but its
callers dereference the opts->info.<field> pointer before calling it,
outside the lock. This races with f_midi2_opts_str_store(), which
frees the old string under opts->lock when the attribute is written
concurrently, the show path can read a pointer that gets freed
before the lock inside str_show() is even taken.
Change f_midi2_opts_str_show() to take a pointer to the string field,
matching the existing pattern in f_midi2_opts_str_store(), and
dereference it only after the lock is held. Update all three callers
(iface_name, block name, and the EP string option macro) accordingly.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < f9bdf4c4f6410a1dfafafa383a0e21069372657f
(git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < d11f3300b39e2daad2f0d9d66ddcc39a156cb594 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e89e30f0b5d3004fe5955250bd8b04f3733e32ce (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 49fab5e1bdb205c36c965d0e9677bc40d282d3a2 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < fed0aa7c6eaedc6c0d4e362fc91724aa47be4a7b (git) Affected: 0 , < 6.6.157 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 6.12.110 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 6.18.51 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 7.2.5 (semver) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Unaffected:
6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.*
(semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.5 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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