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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-26996" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-05-01T05:28:16.652Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:28:54.861Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:07.518Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-26996" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-26996.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26996" title: "usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix UAF ncm object at re-bind after usb ep transport error" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix UAF ncm object at re-bind after usb ep transport error\n\nWhen ncm function is working and then stop usb0 interface for link down,\neth_stop() is called. At this piont, accidentally if usb transport error\nshould happen in usb_ep_enable(), 'in_ep' and/or 'out_ep' may not be enabled.\n\nAfter that, ncm_disable() is called to disable for ncm unbind\nbut gether_disconnect() is never called since 'in_ep' is not enabled.\n\nAs the result, ncm object is released in ncm unbind\nbut 'dev-\u003eport_usb' associated to 'ncm-\u003eport' is not NULL.\n\nAnd when ncm bind again to recover netdev, ncm object is reallocated\nbut usb0 interface is already associated to previous released ncm object.\n\nTherefore, once usb0 interface is up and eth_start_xmit() is called,\nreleased ncm object is dereferrenced and it might cause use-after-free memory.\n\n[function unlink via configfs]\n usb0: eth_stop dev-\u003eport_usb=ffffff9b179c3200\n --\u003e error happens in usb_ep_enable().\n NCM: ncm_disable: ncm=ffffff9b179c3200\n --\u003e no gether_disconnect() since ncm-\u003eport.in_ep-\u003eenabled is false.\n NCM: ncm_unbind: ncm unbind ncm=ffffff9b179c3200\n NCM: ncm_free: ncm free ncm=ffffff9b179c3200 \u003c-- released ncm\n\n[function link via configfs]\n NCM: ncm_alloc: ncm alloc ncm=ffffff9ac4f8a000\n NCM: ncm_bind: ncm bind ncm=ffffff9ac4f8a000\n NCM: ncm_set_alt: ncm=ffffff9ac4f8a000 alt=0\n usb0: eth_open dev-\u003eport_usb=ffffff9b179c3200 \u003c-- previous released ncm\n usb0: eth_start dev-\u003eport_usb=ffffff9b179c3200 \u003c--\n eth_start_xmit()\n --\u003e dev-\u003ewrap()\n Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dead00000000014f\n\nThis patch addresses the issue by checking if 'ncm-\u003enetdev' is not NULL at\nncm_disable() to call gether_disconnect() to deassociate 'dev-\u003eport_usb'.\nIt's more reasonable to check 'ncm-\u003enetdev' to call gether_connect/disconnect\nrather than check 'ncm-\u003eport.in_ep-\u003eenabled' since it might not be enabled\nbut the gether connection might be established." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"6b4012a2e4d4702f8fb0ee1db1c0f0b17ab7d41b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7f67c2020cb08499c400abf0fc32c65e4d9a09ca"},{"version":"6b4012a2e4d4702f8fb0ee1db1c0f0b17ab7d41b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0588bbbd718a8130b98c54518f1e0b569ce60a93"},{"version":"6b4012a2e4d4702f8fb0ee1db1c0f0b17ab7d41b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f356fd0cbd9c9cbd0854657a80d1608d0d732db3"},{"version":"6b4012a2e4d4702f8fb0ee1db1c0f0b17ab7d41b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7250326cbb1f4f90391ac511a126b936cefb5bb7"},{"version":"6b4012a2e4d4702f8fb0ee1db1c0f0b17ab7d41b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6334b8e4553cc69f51e383c9de545082213d785e"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.4"},{"version":"5.15.157","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.88","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.29","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.8.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.8.*"},{"version":"6.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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