CVE-2026-31727

MEDIUM

usb: gadget: u_ether: Fix NULL pointer deref in eth_get_drvinfo

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: u_ether: Fix NULL pointer deref in eth_get_drvinfo Commit ec35c1969650 ("usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix net_device lifecycle with device_move") reparents the gadget device to /sys/devices/virtual during unbind, clearing the gadget pointer. If the userspace tool queries on the surviving interface during this detached window, this leads to a NULL pointer dereference. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference Call trace: eth_get_drvinfo+0x50/0x90 ethtool_get_drvinfo+0x5c/0x1f0 __dev_ethtool+0xaec/0x1fe0 dev_ethtool+0x134/0x2e0 dev_ioctl+0x338/0x560 Add a NULL check for dev->gadget in eth_get_drvinfo(). When detached, skip copying the fw_version and bus_info strings, which is natively handled by ethtool_get_drvinfo for empty strings.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
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-476
Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.12.78 - 6.12.81linux
linux/Kernel 6.18.19 - 6.18.22linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.9 - 6.19.12linux
Linux/Linux 36c41e9724c9a7a7cda37f5a4e9d94f25c8031c4 - 7fce959e9be3bf63bb0fdf4b05f9cc42cb289fe2
Linux/Linux 6.12.78 - 6.12.81
Linux/Linux 6.18.19 - 6.18.22
Linux/Linux 6.19.9 - 6.19.12
Linux/Linux 7c97366f5dac5255e60a317ffe3a5b18f3745547 - f9f987472f4b8ab177be2b6492a59278ed969479
Linux/Linux 85acaba2f42b557499bab3608307f17bf13beb69 - 7de4d46be40738c7e48e64b5cc0a34aa1e047b0a
Linux/Linux 93f116c3393a22acab96ad1bef12b2572eb80ca4 - 0326429e8ba99892e1d1e115dc8e88e1a3b64e24
... and 4 more
Published May 01, 2026
Tracked Since May 01, 2026