can: peak_usb: peak_usb_start(): fix double free of transfer buffer on URB submit error
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: peak_usb: peak_usb_start(): fix double free of transfer buffer on URB submit error In peak_usb_start(), each RX URB transfer buffer is allocated with kmalloc() and the URB is flagged URB_FREE_BUFFER so that the final usb_free_urb() also frees the transfer buffer. If usb_submit_urb() fails, the error path frees the buffer explicitly with kfree(buf) and then calls usb_free_urb(urb). Because URB_FREE_BUFFER is set, usb_free_urb() -> urb_destroy() frees the same buffer a second time, a double free of the transfer buffer. BUG: KASAN: double-free in usb_free_urb.part.0+0x91/0xb0 Free of addr ffff8881069ccb80 by task trigger.sh/285 Call Trace: kfree+0x113/0x3c0 usb_free_urb.part.0+0x91/0xb0 Drop the redundant kfree(buf); usb_free_urb() already releases the transfer buffer. This mirrors commit 03819abbeb11 ("net: usb: lan78xx: Fix double free issue with interrupt buffer allocation").
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74456
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crgv-x77w-rh88
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-27 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/914c3b8fa175acf8476ad31cf04e308638e3578e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2fa5840c34d3a558c57855781be75e03bef752
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9088d581fff971a7eb1628f8dcc30df6cfef4dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/525640b93d3e5f82f4ebea4730f4e0cf799522ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb3325075138dd5346b71589a959878b564dc0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92d0de80ca2223b9c7da78020155b6cb27824cc0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb17bf04a764462000f11258a7c06aa92d1f261
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b3d5a6d952c38bbcf07f903cbeadefdb56b9bc9
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74456 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74456 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crgv-x77w-rh88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74456 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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