Bug 2540399 (CVE-2026-97482) - CVE-2026-97482 kernel: usb: gadget: goku_udc: avoid NULL deref of dev->driver in INT_USBRESET log
Summary: CVE-2026-97482 kernel: usb: gadget: goku_udc: avoid NULL deref of dev->driver...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97482
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-24 16:41 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 19:35 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 16:41:03 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: goku_udc: avoid NULL deref of dev->driver in INT_USBRESET log

goku_irq() handles a number of bus events under a single ep0 path.
It already guards the gadget driver suspend/resume callbacks against a
NULL ->driver:

	if (dev->gadget.speed != USB_SPEED_UNKNOWN
			&& dev->driver
			&& dev->driver->resume) {
		spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
		dev->driver->resume(&dev->gadget);
		...
	}

but the very next branch unconditionally dereferences dev->driver
when an INT_USBRESET arrives:

	if (stat & INT_USBRESET) {
		ACK(INT_USBRESET);
		INFO(dev, "USB reset done, gadget %s\n",
			dev->driver->driver.name);
	}

If the controller raises INT_USBRESET before any gadget driver has
been bound (or after one has been unbound), dev->driver is NULL and
the printk dereferences NULL.

smatch flags the inconsistency:

  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.c:1618 goku_irq() error:
  we previously assumed 'dev->driver' could be null (see line 1607)

Fall back to a placeholder when the gadget driver is not bound.

No functional change while a gadget driver is bound.


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