CVE-2026-68374usb: core: sysfs: add lock to bos_descriptors_read()
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: core: sysfs: add lock to bos_descriptors_read() Add a lock to the function bos_descriptors_read(). This function accesses udev->bos, which could be simultaneously freed in usb_reset_and_verify_device(), a function that is commonly called in drivers all over the kernel.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 12fc84e8c4288cc8ed5f14a35e077130c2cfece2 before c07caee449c968842a350bfefa049889923b8240; from 12fc84e8c4288cc8ed5f14a35e077130c2cfece2 before 217774e143d7b5a88739193284b6421be3978601; from 12fc84e8c4288cc8ed5f14a35e077130c2cfece2 before ab82adf5e63b2d89ead7933ab753b9cedbe028e9; 12fc84e8c4288cc8ed5f14a35e077130c2cfece2 builds before 4e0197fbb0eec588795d5431716a244d9ac8fa93 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c07caee449c968842a350bfefa049889923b8240
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/217774e143d7b5a88739193284b6421be3978601
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab82adf5e63b2d89ead7933ab753b9cedbe028e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0197fbb0eec588795d5431716a244d9ac8fa93
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