Rx endpoint lockup via in-queue completion callback
Published Dec 28, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Improper locking in the Linux kernel MUSB gadget driver from 5.18 allows local users to lock an Rx endpoint through crafted USB traffic. The MUSB receive path invokes a completion callback from usb_ep_queue() while RXPKTRDY remains set after an empty-queue interrupt, violating the callback's locking contract. When USB Ethernet brings the interface up after a packet arrived while it was down, callback IRQ re-enablement can leave the endpoint unable to receive further host packets.
Summary
What happened
Improper locking in the Linux kernel MUSB gadget driver from 5.18 allows local users to lock an Rx endpoint through crafted USB traffic. The MUSB receive path invokes a completion callback from usb_ep_queue() while RXPKTRDY remains set after an empty-queue interrupt, violating the callback's locking contract. When USB Ethernet brings the interface up after a packet arrived while it was down, callback IRQ re-enablement can leave the endpoint unable to receive further host packets.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56687
- Published
- Dec 28, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-667, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.18
- Affected versionversion=baebdf48c360080710f80699eea3affbb13d6c65 <0c89445e6d475b78d37b64ae520831cd43af7db4
- Affected versionversion=baebdf48c360080710f80699eea3affbb13d6c65 <3fc137386c4620305bbc2a216868c53f9245670a
- Affected versionversion=baebdf48c360080710f80699eea3affbb13d6c65 <5906ee3693674d734177df13a519a21bb03f730d
- Affected versionversion=baebdf48c360080710f80699eea3affbb13d6c65 <c749500b28cae67410792096133ee7f282439c51
- Affected versionversion=baebdf48c360080710f80699eea3affbb13d6c65 <f05ad9755bb294328c3d0f429164ac6d4d08c548
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