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 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
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 (9)
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 85acaba2f42b557499bab3608307f17bf13beb69 - 7de4d46be40738c7e48e64b5cc0a34aa1e047b0a
Linux/Linux 93f116c3393a22acab96ad1bef12b2572eb80ca4 - 0326429e8ba99892e1d1e115dc8e88e1a3b64e24
Linux/Linux e584cb58a2ea7ff4d3a4bc43d5ca512ed3ecb77d - a36e5e800b9c93e3e1ffa42f34d38b36775dbcee
Linux/Linux ec35c1969650e7cb6c8a91020e568ed46e3551b0 - e002e92e88e12457373ed096b18716d97e7bbb20
linux/linux_kernel 7.0 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.12.78 - 6.12.81
Published May 01, 2026
Tracked Since May 01, 2026