CVE-2026-31617 PUBLISHED

usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 24.04.2026 Updated: 24.04.2026

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

usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb()

The block_len read from the host-supplied NTB header is checked against ntb_max but has no lower bound. When block_len is smaller than opts->ndp_size, the bounds check of: ndp_index > (block_len - opts->ndp_size) will underflow producing a huge unsigned value that ndp_index can never exceed, defeating the check entirely.

The same underflow occurs in the datagram index checks against block_len - opts->dpe_size. With those checks neutered, a malicious USB host can choose ndp_index and datagram offsets that point past the actual transfer, and the skb_put_data() copies adjacent kernel memory into the network skb.

Fix this by rejecting block lengths that cannot hold at least the NTB header plus one NDP. This will make block_len - opts->ndp_size and block_len - opts->dpe_size both well-defined.

Commit 8d2b1a1ec9f5 ("CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking") fixed a related class of issues on the host side of NCM.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 8757a2593631443648218244b9788e193ae0fdc1 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 6762f8a95772265dd0c2ffe7f400493f3115b135 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to d58ba8f6546232f8414f396c189297dbee03f1a7 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 74908b0318d1df1188457040b8714ff4d4b68126 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 6.12.83 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.24 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.14 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.1 to 7.0.* (incl.)

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