CVE-2026-43422

Summary

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

usb: legacy: ncm: Fix NPE in gncm_bind

Commit 56a512a9b410 ("usb: gadget: f_ncm: align net_device lifecycle with bind/unbind") deferred the allocation of the net_device. This change leads to a NULL pointer dereference in the legacy NCM driver as it attempts to access the net_device before it's fully instantiated.

Store the provided qmult, host_addr, and dev_addr into the struct ncm_opts->net_opts during gncm_bind(). These values will be properly applied to the net_device when it is allocated and configured later in the binding process by the NCM function driver.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxb62076e780a2121903ecf9ffdfb89c64647cb7da < be5738d19bed244ede84da45bc45395bcb1d99e0affected
LinuxLinux188338c1827842f898761a939669cf345bdf07e2 < b23e86a3a15803c3dcb24701285f73e65099fdf9affected
LinuxLinux56a512a9b4107079f68701e7d55da8507eb963d9 < fde0634ad9856b3943a2d1a8cc8de174a63ac840affected
LinuxLinux6.18.17 < 6.18.19affected
LinuxLinux6.19.7 < 6.19.9affected

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