CVE-2026-23448 PUBLISHED

net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP16 nframes bounds check

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.01.2026 Published: 03.04.2026 Updated: 03.04.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP16 nframes bounds check

cdc_ncm_rx_verify_ndp16() validates that the NDP header and its DPE entries fit within the skb. The first check correctly accounts for ndpoffset:

if ((ndpoffset + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16)) > skb_in->len)

but the second check omits it:

if ((sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16) + ret * (sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16))) > skb_in->len)

This validates the DPE array size against the total skb length as if the NDP were at offset 0, rather than at ndpoffset. When the NDP is placed near the end of the NTB (large wNdpIndex), the DPE entries can extend past the skb data buffer even though the check passes. cdc_ncm_rx_fixup() then reads out-of-bounds memory when iterating the DPE array.

Add ndpoffset to the nframes bounds check and use struct_size_t() to express the NDP-plus-DPE-array size more clearly.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ff06ab13a4ccae4acb44a2d4e3ece367b616ab50 to f1c7701d3ac91b62d672c13690cf295821f0d5c3 (excl.)
  • affected from ff06ab13a4ccae4acb44a2d4e3ece367b616ab50 to 789204f980730258c983102c027c375238009c80 (excl.)
  • affected from ff06ab13a4ccae4acb44a2d4e3ece367b616ab50 to 403f94ddcb36c552fbef51dea735b131e3dcde8b (excl.)
  • affected from ff06ab13a4ccae4acb44a2d4e3ece367b616ab50 to dce9dda0e3707e887977db44407989e9ead26611 (excl.)
  • affected from ff06ab13a4ccae4acb44a2d4e3ece367b616ab50 to 2aa8a4fa8d5b7d0e1ebcec100e1a4d80a1f4b21a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.130 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.78 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.20 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.10 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0-rc5 to * (incl.)

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