CVE-2026-43427 PUBLISHED

usb: class: cdc-wdm: fix reordering issue in read code path

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

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

usb: class: cdc-wdm: fix reordering issue in read code path

Quoting the bug report:

Due to compiler optimization or CPU out-of-order execution, the desc->length update can be reordered before the memmove. If this happens, wdm_read() can see the new length and call copy_to_user() on uninitialized memory. This also violates LKMM data race rules [1].

Fix it by using WRITE_ONCE and memory barriers.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to 638328ca9c17ae6511ad62198c57bae32ffa3c91 (excl.)
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to 170e8daca24da6edb4be82ab01abf44e87af387b (excl.)
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to c8fa96ed021923dae147bcd9f9205b8df7b82360 (excl.)
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to 4ee3062bf2c9a722afef429826e8607eaf3fc6a0 (excl.)
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to 276aef0fd2b92f41b920ac891c72cadeee957934 (excl.)
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to 67ed312124bb1b61858778ac0b985b48961c862a (excl.)
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to e3c874b05901dc519054b5107d16620e6d2b5fea (excl.)
  • affected from afba937e540c902c989cd516fd97ea0c8499bb27 to 8df672bfe3ec2268c2636584202755898e547173 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.26 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.26 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.253 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.203 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.167 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.130 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.78 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.19 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.9 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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