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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-31617" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-04-24T14:42:36.191Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:17:13.982Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z" 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-2026-31617" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31617.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31617" title: "usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb()\n\nThe block_len read from the host-supplied NTB header is checked against\nntb_max but has no lower bound. When block_len is smaller than\nopts-\u003endp_size, the bounds check of:\n\tndp_index \u003e (block_len - opts-\u003endp_size)\nwill underflow producing a huge unsigned value that ndp_index can never\nexceed, defeating the check entirely.\n\nThe same underflow occurs in the datagram index checks against block_len\n- opts-\u003edpe_size. With those checks neutered, a malicious USB host can\nchoose ndp_index and datagram offsets that point past the actual\ntransfer, and the skb_put_data() copies adjacent kernel memory into the\nnetwork skb.\n\nFix this by rejecting block lengths that cannot hold at least the NTB\nheader plus one NDP. This will make block_len - opts-\u003endp_size and\nblock_len - opts-\u003edpe_size both well-defined.\n\nCommit 8d2b1a1ec9f5 (\"CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking\") fixed\na related class of issues on the host side of NCM." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"068a7f2749fff6462a0a908ec415b885fe430f50"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1425655c2870054c3ab4712e2b6dbdd331597ada"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8b3b7bd3c02f98634baaf36c7fc7ac915f6517ca"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0f156bb5334e588034ca68ac2ee92b23f66e56e7"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8757a2593631443648218244b9788e193ae0fdc1"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6762f8a95772265dd0c2ffe7f400493f3115b135"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d58ba8f6546232f8414f396c189297dbee03f1a7"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"74908b0318d1df1188457040b8714ff4d4b68126"},{"version":"2b74b0a04d3e9f9f08ff026e5663dce88ff94e52","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8f993d30b95dc9557a8a96ceca11abed674c8acb"},{"version":"f7e0611e207d8908c4f2858e244370529a76dbf7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b88ad6e714284b33a47834f5f2a294c2b37c66aa","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"471b23586387a32857778c511be60ab31c98dcfd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4f529c4d1e436230d3af7c09a3239677a14d2b46","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ae6a5394d9fbe118bc95cfe376d6a9d91d7547e8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.9.235","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.10"},{"version":"4.14.196","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"},{"version":"4.19.143","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.20"},{"version":"5.4.62","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"5.8.6","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.9"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.9"},{"version":"5.10.258","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.209","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.136","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.83","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.24","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","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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