usb: xhci: bail out of setup if the controller is inaccessible
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
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci: bail out of setup if the controller is inaccessible xhci_gen_setup() locates the operational registers using the capability length read from the very first register: xhci->op_regs = hcd->regs + HC_LENGTH(readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hc_capbase)); If the controller is dead or has dropped off the bus, that read returns ~0, HC_LENGTH() truncates it to 0xff, and op_regs ends up 0xff bytes past the page-aligned MMIO base, i.e. unaligned. The first access through it, xhci_halt() -> xhci_handshake() reading op_regs->status, is then an unaligned readl() on device memory. arm64 faults on unaligned device accesses, so instead of xhci_handshake() catching the all-ones value and returning -ENODEV, setup oopses: xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: Unable to change power state from D3cold to D0, device inaccessible xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: xHCI Host Controller xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff80030a770103 ESR = 0x0000000096000021 FSC = 0x21: alignment fault Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1] SMP pc : xhci_halt [xhci_hcd] Call trace: xhci_halt xhci_gen_setup xhci_pci_setup usb_add_hcd usb_hcd_pci_probe xhci_pci_common_probe xhci_pci_renesas_probe This was hit with a Renesas uPD720201 that failed to power up ("Unable to change power state from D3cold to D0, device inaccessible") yet still reached the HCD probe path. Read the capability register once, and if it reads back the all-ones value (as xhci_handshake() and xhci_reset() already test for), abort setup with -ENODEV before op_regs is derived from it. Reading it once also avoids re-reading a register that may change under a concurrent hot-removal.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 2.6.31 and later | 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.51, 7.1.13, 7.2.3, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.31 and later Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.51, 7.1.13, 7.2.3, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.51, 7.1.13, 7.2.3, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. 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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80861
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8wxp-3ggp-2gcw
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@301f4a3303b21ea959a8294518ee883710498ac2, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@15e62f969fecf459a0b873004cc5f4c5a6ba5fcc, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +3 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 3 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8b403d5f8c1ac361533c73fa449153a3c7fc6c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15e62f969fecf459a0b873004cc5f4c5a6ba5fcc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99e78b54cc3d70e008bd1a30d43e13d652c773e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/301f4a3303b21ea959a8294518ee883710498ac2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70706dbcf122940f4e3595d7ba1445004cc00074
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c051f66b621695ad7c8438a9497d79e1f4f05edb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf84c6b0264947794fa783c324a6d874ca6657d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b31744f70c5e06cce5fb660e02d057a3b9e0e37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78203d5b54a40f0e36196ebf31c9c7a380fc8811
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80861 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80861 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8wxp-3ggp-2gcw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80861 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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