Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Important 2026-04-24T00:00:00 kernel: usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb() 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CWE-191

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb() The block_len read from the host-supplied NTB header is checked against ntb_max but has no lower bound. When block_len is smaller than opts->ndp_size, the bounds check of: ndp_index > (block_len - opts->ndp_size) will underflow producing a huge unsigned value that ndp_index can never exceed, defeating the check entirely. The same underflow occurs in the datagram index checks against block_len - opts->dpe_size. With those checks neutered, a malicious USB host can choose ndp_index and datagram offsets that point past the actual transfer, and the skb_put_data() copies adjacent kernel memory into the network skb. Fix this by rejecting block lengths that cannot hold at least the NTB header plus one NDP. This will make block_len - opts->ndp_size and block_len - opts->dpe_size both well-defined. Commit 8d2b1a1ec9f5 ("CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking") fixed a related class of issues on the host side of NCM.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's USB Network Control Model (NCM) gadget driver. A malicious USB host could exploit an integer underflow vulnerability when processing Network Transfer Block (NTB) headers. This allows the host to manipulate internal data pointers, causing adjacent kernel memory to be copied into network buffers. This issue can lead to information disclosure from the kernel.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31617 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31617 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042424-CVE-2026-31617-6e1b@gregkh/T