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CVE-2026-98763

usb: core: clear both ep_in and ep_out for non-ep0 control endpoints

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KEV checked 14/11/2026, 21:40:35 UTC

Severity

unknown

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Known exploitation

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Public exploit

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Remediation

Fix status not established

No structured fix or guidance is available here. Check the latest publisher advisory.

What this means

The Linux kernel has a vulnerability where disabling a non-ep0 control endpoint only clears one direction's array slot, leaving the other direction's slot pointing to the disabled endpoint. This affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10, and 7.3. The impact is unclear.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Linux · Linux

Linux

8 ranges
Linux version evidence

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affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before 59d2c9d70fa42e2290ff68e6430d38a1c817fcb7

git versions

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before a7928ad4bbb330dfb0f726166384f319d66eb5d1

git versions

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before b521fe45e06b3f7042e6d1f9566ddb6f179dcb1d

git versions

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before 198d74dcfa129523125f46a89479d3b446b17dbe

git versions

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before 7a9f61476b0e8002092a52ee8295edeeb0a28d1e

git versions

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before 1da16c46b8d7101b74bc2d72a04e23cf5c7ddea1

git versions

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before c50413ecb662ea43c7f487632c8114721743a277

git versions

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 → before 0e8baa78d872f2db440d8b9ded946ab8dceb89eb

git versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

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affected

2.6.12

unaffected

0 → before 2.6.12

semver versions

5.10.273 → through 5.10.*

semver versions

5.15.224 → through 5.15.*

semver versions

6.1.191 → through 6.1.*

semver versions

6.6.160 → through 6.6.*

semver versions

6.12.113 → through 6.12.*

semver versions

6.18.56 → through 6.18.*

semver versions

7.2.10 → through 7.2.*

semver versions

7.3 → through *

original_commit_for_fix versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

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Original source description

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

usb: core: clear both ep_in and ep_out for non-ep0 control endpoints

In usb_enable_endpoint(), non-zero control endpoints (where usb_endpoint_xfer_control(&ep->desc) is true) populate both dev->ep_in[epnum] and dev->ep_out[epnum] with the same struct usb_host_endpoint pointer.

However, usb_disable_endpoint() only clears either dev->ep_out[epnum] or dev->ep_in[epnum] depending on the direction bit of epaddr when reset_hardware is set, leaving the opposite direction's array slot pointing to the disabled/freed endpoint.

Clear both dev->ep_out[epnum] and dev->ep_in[epnum] when disabling a non-ep0 control endpoint with reset_hardware set, and update the function kerneldoc accordingly.

Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 using dummy_hcd and raw-gadget to enumerate a USB device with a non-zero control endpoint (bEndpointAddress 0x01, bmAttributes USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_CONTROL), verifying that both dev->ep_in[1] and dev->ep_out[1] are cleared when the interface is disabled.

References

8 sources
git.kernel.org/stable/c/59d2c9d70fa42e2290ff68e6430d38a1c817fcb7
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7928ad4bbb330dfb0f726166384f319d66eb5d1
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/b521fe45e06b3f7042e6d1f9566ddb6f179dcb1d
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/198d74dcfa129523125f46a89479d3b446b17dbe
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a9f61476b0e8002092a52ee8295edeeb0a28d1e
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/1da16c46b8d7101b74bc2d72a04e23cf5c7ddea1
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/c50413ecb662ea43c7f487632c8114721743a277
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e8baa78d872f2db440d8b9ded946ab8dceb89eb
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Original records

CVE-2026-98763

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Environment requirements

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Linux · platform conditions

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 5.10.273

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 5.15.224

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 6.1.191

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 6.6.160

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 6.12.113

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 6.18.56

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 7.2.10

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 2.6.12

Before: 7.3

Applicability preview
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2026-10-30

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