CVE-2026-90020 PUBLISHED

USB: gadget: fix NULL pointer dereference in gadget_dev_ioctl()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

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

USB: gadget: fix NULL pointer dereference in gadget_dev_ioctl()

gadget_dev_ioctl() reads dev->gadget before acquiring dev->lock, but dev->state is checked after acquiring the lock. Therefore a concurrent bind can change the device state between these operations, which can leave ioctl with a stale NULL gadget pointer and causing a NULL pointer dereference at gadget->ops->ioctl.

Read dev->gadget while holding dev->lock so that the gadget pointer and device state are sampled consistently.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 8be30959be31b4205e3bdd2e2a6221f3a2ee7ea1 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to e8219accce2f6d3502ed71f5b5e854ecf27249a6 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 87cbf9410b12f5c2d659bb01e8ecf6517cb9f28c (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 162178ca83c3de986900385a0477eb539f8e1a7e (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to ebd916fdfefaacbc0e577f7037ec96b31a105e5f (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to c29a83c1ff3f06d5751f6d365b606c9f81ccc4cb (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 64ec019bf9a8b12f53b9f2777d65aadb730b5a84 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to dd0eed9e165b1a6292f49e622e3dd0b7d99b106d (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 5.10.270 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 5.15.221 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 6.1.188 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 6.6.157 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 6.12.110 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 6.18.51 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 7.2.5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 5.10.270 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.221 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.51 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.5 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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