usb: gadget: f_fs: initialize reset_work at allocation time
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_fs: initialize reset_work at allocation time ffs_fs_kill_sb() unconditionally calls cancel_work_sync() on ffs->reset_work when a functionfs instance is unmounted: ffs_data_reset(ffs); cancel_work_sync(&ffs->reset_work); However ffs->reset_work is only ever initialized via INIT_WORK() in ffs_func_set_alt() and ffs_func_disable(), and only on the FFS_DEACTIVATED path. That state is reached solely by ffs_data_closed() when the instance is mounted with the "no_disconnect" option, so for the common case (no "no_disconnect", or mounted and unmounted without ever being deactivated) reset_work is never initialized. ffs_data_new() allocates the ffs_data with kzalloc_obj() and does not initialize reset_work, and ffs_data_reset()/ffs_data_clear() do not touch it either, so reset_work.func is left NULL. cancel_work_sync() on such a work then trips the WARN_ON(!work->func) guard in __flush_work(): WARNING: kernel/workqueue.c:4301 at __flush_work+0x330/0x360, CPU#3: umount Call trace: __flush_work cancel_work_sync ffs_fs_kill_sb [usb_f_fs] deactivate_locked_super deactivate_super cleanup_mnt __cleanup_mnt task_work_run exit_to_user_mode_loop el0_svc On older kernels cancel_work_sync() on a zero-initialized work struct was a silent no-op, which hid the missing initialization. Initialize reset_work once in ffs_data_new() so it is always valid for the lifetime of the ffs_data, and drop the now-redundant INIT_WORK() calls from the two deactivation paths.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.4, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64594
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-28fc-4vwx-pr32
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fe895e0a9651518c4fc082487da770ff9c14c7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de6ebbabfbbc9c28350283dc97d8a519d5c6dd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb19e54ebe9baf3c3243083ade65c937339ccb7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5631081be07f20e764d3cb5c98ac0a1004fba51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c36393b0d14e1e9783888f821ffe29381b8f46dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69faa3779250df14f51d5084f938a99809546e52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba1867999dbc4085e6d8c52ac5266005b8b2bf07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3137b243c93982fe3460335e12f9247739766e10
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Sources
- CVE-2026-64594 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64594 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-28fc-4vwx-pr32 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64594 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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