CVE-2026-64242
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: net2280: Fix double free in probe error path usb_initialize_gadget() installs gadget_release() as the release callback for the embedded gadget device.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: net2280: Fix double free in probe error path usb_initialize_gadget() installs gadget_release() as the release callback for the embedded gadget device. The struct net2280 instance is therefore released through gadget_release() when the gadget device's last reference is dropped. The probe error path calls net2280_remove(), which tears down the partially initialized device and drops the gadget reference with usb_put_gadget(). Calling kfree(dev) afterwards can free the same object again. Drop the explicit kfree() and let the gadget device release callback handle the final free. This issue was found by a static analysis tool I am developing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/085652fda7f38040d1a2c42d72614f418feb843fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48f89ead20e48d447ad29fa937b43b9fa981cf28Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/550fa4d071a8c8e53072900869d37ae6abf4999dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71b3391dc81655ff058492f8e9d013b2c6e5747bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5b9fdb1e8ddf50bc6272927edb118679f170350Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8547c74988e0b5f4cbb1b895e2a57aae084f070Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db2b72e83a0208ae2b3b270bf91662b1c6849a9bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6f8be12f0307145b9a6010f044925952b37de8bPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.