Bug 2555078 (CVE-2026-98773) - CVE-2026-98773 kernel: USB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if disconnected
Summary: CVE-2026-98773 kernel: USB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if dis...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98773
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:53 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-23 07:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:53:10 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

USB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if disconnected

acm_port_shutdown() is called from the tty-port machinery whenever the
last user closes the port.  acm_disconnect() sets acm->disconnected and
calls tty_port_tty_vhangup(), which eventually triggers port_shutdown().
At that point acm_disconnect() has already called acm_poison_urbs() and
is about to free the control and read URBs.

However, acm_port_shutdown() unconditionally calls acm_unpoison_urbs()
and, when the ALWAYS_POLL_CTRL quirk is set, immediately re-submits the
ctrlurb and all read URBs.  If the concurrent acm_disconnect() then
frees those URBs and their DMA buffers while they are in-flight, the
result is a use-after-free in acm_ctrl_irq() or acm_read_bulk_callback()
accessing the freed DMA memory.

Fix by checking acm->disconnected after draining the delayed anchor and
returning early: if we are in a disconnect path the URBs must remain
poisoned and must not be resubmitted.

The early return is placed after the delayed-anchor drain loop because
that loop only cancels write-side accounting (wb->use = false and
autopm counter) and does not touch the hardware path.


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