usb: gadget: uvc: fix dangling pointers in uvc_function_bind() and uvc_function_unbind()
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: 1 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: usb: gadget: uvc: fix dangling pointers in uvc_function_bind() and uvc_function_unbind() In uvc_function_bind() error path, we use usb_ep_free_request which uses uvc->control_req but does not set it to NULL afterwards. Thus, uvc->control_req is a dangling pointer causing a UAF. Also we do not set the uvc->control_buf pointer to NULL after freeing it, which is another dangling pointer. Fix it by setting uvc->control_req to NULL after we run usb_ep_free_request() and uvc->control_buf to NULL after kfree. Do the same for uvc_function_unbind().
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 3.3, 3.5, 3.8
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 6 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89733
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p2g2-5xg5-fj3w
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddb1b0d5d858584ed0d3a5aaa042ee693998c7e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85dd5e8bd6776d02854f2847d83429f1f712e99c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/502a7f5b79b7ba751988789e982924f8f496129f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bec7708eb3b5295d12e931db24381b7c94c72953
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e88ed8a374de67270d38689f2a81018909cafbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9897b7da8c0ad8356c1b8649379fcb5a689462cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38f822ddce9355893d734279a26ddec45182197e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdab5605259ba5d6ff927c1a85cc83eb3ecfdacc
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89733 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89733 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p2g2-5xg5-fj3w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89733 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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