Bug 2468230 (CVE-2026-43421) - CVE-2026-43421 kernel: usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix net_device lifecycle with device_move
Summary: CVE-2026-43421 kernel: usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix net_device lifecycle with devi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43421
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-08 15:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-08 23:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:05:59 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix net_device lifecycle with device_move

The network device outlived its parent gadget device during
disconnection, resulting in dangling sysfs links and null pointer
dereference problems.

A prior attempt to solve this by removing SET_NETDEV_DEV entirely [1]
was reverted due to power management ordering concerns and a NO-CARRIER
regression.

A subsequent attempt to defer net_device allocation to bind [2] broke
1:1 mapping between function instance and network device, making it
impossible for configfs to report the resolved interface name. This
results in a regression where the DHCP server fails on pmOS.

Use device_move to reparent the net_device between the gadget device and
/sys/devices/virtual/ across bind/unbind cycles. This preserves the
network interface across USB reconnection, allowing the DHCP server to
retain their binding.

Introduce gether_attach_gadget()/gether_detach_gadget() helpers and use
__free(detach_gadget) macro to undo attachment on bind failure. The
bind_count ensures device_move executes only on the first bind.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f2a4f9847617a0929d62025748384092e5f35cce.camel@crapouillou.net/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/795ea759-7eaf-4f78-81f4-01ffbf2d7961@ixit.cz/


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