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CVE-2026-98766

Linux: usb: gadget: aspeed-vhub: cancel wake work on device removal

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in0d39ac4f65f9357469518c70e42940e0d8b0e497Also 474e9e1852fb5ba0bfb26f123dd0cb361d0f4f4d, 20388c8d1d74c203fec8194c45cd31afdfab934eCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: aspeed-vhub: cancel wake work on device removal

wake_work is armed from the gadget .wakeup callback to resume suspended downstream ports, and it is never cancelled in ast_vhub_remove(), so a work item queued before or during removal can run after devm has freed vhub and its ports, a use-after-free.

Cancelling the work alone is not sufficient: usb_gadget_wakeup() takes no lock and the unbind path never clears wakeup_en, so a remote-wakeup request in flight on another CPU can re-arm the work after the cancel and before vhub is freed.

ast_vhub_del_dev() already clears d->registered under vhub->lock before unregistering the gadget. Refuse the wakeup in ast_vhub_udc_wakeup() once d->registered is clear: the check and the schedule_work() are then atomic against the unbind, so a wakeup that passed before the flag was cleared is drained by the cancel_work_sync() after the del_dev loop, and one that arrives later returns without arming. Also move INIT_WORK() to the top of ast_vhub_probe(), since the probe error path reuses ast_vhub_remove() and would otherwise cancel a never-initialized work item.

This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 12

  • Linuxaffected: 7ecca2a4080cb6b1fa174adc588fce9e9014c43c before 0d39ac4f65f9357469518c70e42940e0d8b0e497CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7ecca2a4080cb6b1fa174adc588fce9e9014c43c before f343bfa3fc9f6255602d66f4a7dbe7ddef13ba41CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7ecca2a4080cb6b1fa174adc588fce9e9014c43c before 474e9e1852fb5ba0bfb26f123dd0cb361d0f4f4dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7ecca2a4080cb6b1fa174adc588fce9e9014c43c before c81504dfd2d93e345c98e7a012c2f2e74ce5b6a1CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7ecca2a4080cb6b1fa174adc588fce9e9014c43c before 20388c8d1d74c203fec8194c45cd31afdfab934eCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 4.18CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 4.18CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.160 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.113 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.56 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.10 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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