usb: gadget: configfs: fix out-of-bounds read of qw_sign
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: 1 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: gadget: configfs: fix out-of-bounds read of qw_sign os_desc_qw_sign_show() passes OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN as the input length to utf16s_to_utf8s(), but that argument counts UTF-16 code units while OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN (14) is the byte size of qw_sign[]. The array holds only OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN / 2 (7) code units, so the conversion reads up to 7 units (14 bytes) past the end of qw_sign[] into the following members of struct gadget_info when the stored signature fills the array without a NUL terminator, exposing those bytes through the configfs attribute. The store path halves the count for its input bound but passes the full byte count as the utf8s_to_utf16s() output limit; use the destination code-unit count in both directions.
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 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
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 |
Not affected: 6 products
- 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93120
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pg5h-3pm6-795f
- 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
- 2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b895dbed8ac9e12a5ffa1a2165575a8469f8340d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b45125501aad2dff7730970461b455b0e0658ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6da500b0f8106882598b6dec87fe37d653946cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a28c486434634f6d1e120711d2b09f3eddea6c98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e94cb967778e074411940db4db97f22ed77560c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afbf39c0f2297c6abef6d670a82a2079b0836191
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36315a330e067f7773196940552feacb1debbef1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f63edb54d8f738f9c21e2068c777ae1c097df6b7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93120 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93120 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pg5h-3pm6-795f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93120 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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