Crash via WebUSB descriptor length underflow
Published Jul 19, 2026 · Updated Jul 19, 2026
Integer underflow in the Linux Kernel USB gadget subsystem allows physically proximate attackers to crash configured WebUSB gadgets. composite_setup() subtracts the descriptor-header size from an undersized host-controlled wLength, wraps the unsigned length, and passes the resulting near-UINT_MAX size to memcpy(). A single USB SETUP packet reaches the out-of-bounds copy only when webusb/use is enabled and a landingPage is configured, resulting in a kernel memory-safety trap or crash.
Summary
What happened
Integer underflow in the Linux Kernel USB gadget subsystem allows physically proximate attackers to crash configured WebUSB gadgets. composite_setup() subtracts the descriptor-header size from an undersized host-controlled wLength, wraps the unsigned length, and passes the resulting near-UINT_MAX size to memcpy(). A single USB SETUP packet reaches the out-of-bounds copy only when webusb/use is enabled and a landingPage is configured, resulting in a kernel memory-safety trap or crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-63896
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 19, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.3
- Affected versionversion=93c473948c588978cd55d9a3adad8b3e8057aa21 <046870ff6b6f7b743c953c061043a9b30700d491
- Affected versionversion=93c473948c588978cd55d9a3adad8b3e8057aa21 <6c5dbc104dadd79fc2923497c20bae759a18758c
- Affected versionversion=93c473948c588978cd55d9a3adad8b3e8057aa21 <a20f0ccf45708af6e063c7234c215d364b00de25
- Affected versionversion=93c473948c588978cd55d9a3adad8b3e8057aa21 <f5869dfaa89854dcf34121036294d42d6c7acb8f
- Affected versionversion=93c473948c588978cd55d9a3adad8b3e8057aa21 <f8f5a8f48c7cae3fac85e04b593bd47939f9725f
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