CVE-2026-31617

MEDIUM

usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb() The block_len read from the host-supplied NTB header is checked against ntb_max but has no lower bound. When block_len is smaller than opts->ndp_size, the bounds check of: ndp_index > (block_len - opts->ndp_size) will underflow producing a huge unsigned value that ndp_index can never exceed, defeating the check entirely. The same underflow occurs in the datagram index checks against block_len - opts->dpe_size. With those checks neutered, a malicious USB host can choose ndp_index and datagram offsets that point past the actual transfer, and the skb_put_data() copies adjacent kernel memory into the network skb. Fix this by rejecting block lengths that cannot hold at least the NTB header plus one NDP. This will make block_len - opts->ndp_size and block_len - opts->dpe_size both well-defined. Commit 8d2b1a1ec9f5 ("CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking") fixed a related class of issues on the host side of NCM.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-191
Status published
Products (44)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.209linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.175linux
linux/Kernel 5.9.0 - 5.10.258linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.24linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.136linux
linux/Kernel 6.20.0 - 7.0.1linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.83linux
Linux/Linux < 5.9
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 6762f8a95772265dd0c2ffe7f400493f3115b135
... and 34 more
Published Apr 24, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 24, 2026