Bug 2454858 (CVE-2026-23448) - CVE-2026-23448 kernel: net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP16 nframes bounds check
Summary: CVE-2026-23448 kernel: net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP16 nframes boun...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23448
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-03 16:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-03 17:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-03 16:04:39 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP16 nframes bounds check

cdc_ncm_rx_verify_ndp16() validates that the NDP header and its DPE
entries fit within the skb. The first check correctly accounts for
ndpoffset:

  if ((ndpoffset + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16)) > skb_in->len)

but the second check omits it:

  if ((sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16) +
       ret * (sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16))) > skb_in->len)

This validates the DPE array size against the total skb length as if
the NDP were at offset 0, rather than at ndpoffset. When the NDP is
placed near the end of the NTB (large wNdpIndex), the DPE entries can
extend past the skb data buffer even though the check passes.
cdc_ncm_rx_fixup() then reads out-of-bounds memory when iterating
the DPE array.

Add ndpoffset to the nframes bounds check and use struct_size_t() to
express the NDP-plus-DPE-array size more clearly.


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