CVE-2026-31607

CRITICAL EPSS 43.1%
Published Apr 24, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Apr 24, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() When a USB/IP client receives a RET_SUBMIT response, usbip_pack_ret_submit() unconditionally overwrites urb->number_of_packets from the network PDU. This value is subsequently used as the loop bound in usbip_recv_iso() and usbip_pad_iso() to iterate over urb->iso_frame_desc[], a flexible array whose size was fixed at URB allocation time based on the *original* number_of_packets from the CMD_SUBMIT. A malicious USB/IP server can set number_of_packets in the response to a value larger than what was originally submitted, causing a heap out-of-bounds write when usbip_recv_iso() writes to urb->iso_frame_desc[i] beyond the allocated region. KASAN confirmed this with kernel 7.0.0-rc5: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in usbip_recv_iso+0x46a/0x640 Write of size 4 at addr ffff888106351d40 by task vhci_rx/69 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 320-byte region [ffff888106351c00, ffff888106351d40) The server side (stub_rx.c) and gadget side (vudc_rx.c) already validate number_of_packets in the CMD_SUBMIT path since commits c6688ef9f297 ("usbip: fix stub_rx: harden CMD_SUBMIT path to handle malicious input") and b78d830f0049 ("usbip: fix vudc_rx: harden CMD_SUBMIT path to handle malicious input"). The server side validates against USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS because no URB exists yet at that point. On the client side we have the original URB, so we can use the tighter bound: the response must not exceed the original number_of_packets. This mirrors the existing validation of actual_length against transfer_buffer_length in usbip_recv_xbuff(), which checks the response value against the original allocation size. Kelvin Mbogo's series ("usb: usbip: fix integer overflow in usbip_recv_iso()", v2) hardens the receive-side functions themselves; this patch complements that work by catching the bad value at its source -- in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the overwrite -- and using the tighter per-URB allocation bound rather than the global USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS limit. Fix this by checking rpdu->number_of_packets against urb->number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the overwrite. On violation, clamp to zero so that usbip_recv_iso() and usbip_pad_iso() safely return early.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
43.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.39  –  <6.6.136
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.83
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.18.24
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.19  –  <6.19.14
linuxlinux_kernel*≥7.0  –  <7.0.1

References 9

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ab833a16a825373aad2ba7d54b572b277e95b71
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324262c38438255bf6bdbf6342ca47c0badaab76
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1c4ece08ccdc197177631f111845a2c68eede3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/885c8591784da6314f9aa82fa460ac69f9f79e5f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d155e2d1c4102f74f82a2bf9c016164bb0f7384
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906f16a836de13fe61f49cdce2f66f2dbd14caf4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/973f2c250289f5bf6cc146b98aa6fdde11fe50d6
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce744264b06b97069b3722511ab355738311fee0
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef8ebb1c637b4cfb61a9dd2e013376774ee2033b
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ab833a16a825373aad2ba7d54b572b277e95b71
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1c4ece08ccdc197177631f111845a2c68eede3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/885c8591784da6314f9aa82fa460ac69f9f79e5f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d155e2d1c4102f74f82a2bf9c016164bb0f7384
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906f16a836de13fe61f49cdce2f66f2dbd14caf4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef8ebb1c637b4cfb61a9dd2e013376774ee2033b
    Patch