CVE-2026-98766
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: aspeed-vhub: cancel wake work on device removal wake_work is armed from the gadget .wakeup callback to resume suspended downstream ports, and it is never cancelled in ast_vhub_remove(), so a work item queued before or during removal can run after devm has freed vhub and its ports, a use-after-free. Cancelling the work alone is not sufficient: usb_gadget_wakeup() takes no lock and the unbind path never clears wakeup_en, so a remote-wakeup request in flight on another CPU can re-arm the work after the cancel and before vhub is freed. ast_vhub_del_dev() already clears d->registered under vhub->lock before unregistering the gadget. Refuse the wakeup in ast_vhub_udc_wakeup() once d->registered is clear: the check and the schedule_work() are then atomic against the unbind, so a wakeup that passed before the flag was cleared is drained by the cancel_work_sync() after the del_dev loop, and one that arrives later returns without arming. Also move INIT_WORK() to the top of ast_vhub_probe(), since the probe error path reuses ast_vhub_remove() and would otherwise cancel a never-initialized work item. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-18 16:17:30.440000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:21:26.200000
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"published": "2026-10-18T16:17:30.440",
"lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:26.200",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: aspeed-vhub: cancel wake work on device removal\n\nwake_work is armed from the gadget .wakeup callback to resume suspended\ndownstream ports, and it is never cancelled in ast_vhub_remove(), so a\nwork item queued before or during removal can run after devm has freed\nvhub and its ports, a use-after-free.\n\nCancelling the work alone is not sufficient: usb_gadget_wakeup() takes\nno lock and the unbind path never clears wakeup_en, so a remote-wakeup\nrequest in flight on another CPU can re-arm the work after the cancel\nand before vhub is freed.\n\nast_vhub_del_dev() already clears d->registered under vhub->lock before\nunregistering the gadget. Refuse the wakeup in ast_vhub_udc_wakeup()\nonce d->registered is clear: the check and the schedule_work() are then\natomic against the unbind, so a wakeup that passed before the flag was\ncleared is drained by the cancel_work_sync() after the del_dev loop,\nand one that arrives later returns without arming. Also move INIT_WORK()\nto the top of ast_vhub_probe(), since the probe error path reuses\nast_vhub_remove() and would otherwise cancel a never-initialized work\nitem.\n\nThis issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool."
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