Incorrect DMA direction via late endpoint initialization
Published Jul 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Improper initialization in Linux Kernel 6.9 allows local users to trigger incorrect DMA directions through early FunctionFS ioctls. The ffs_data_got_descs() path records endpoint direction in eps_addrmap, but ffs_epfiles_create() left epfile->in at zero until ffs_func_eps_enable() ran. Reachability requires access to a FunctionFS endpoint before a USB host connects; published sources identify incorrect DMA direction but no resulting data disclosure, modification, or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Improper initialization in Linux Kernel 6.9 allows local users to trigger incorrect DMA directions through early FunctionFS ioctls. The ffs_data_got_descs() path records endpoint direction in eps_addrmap, but ffs_epfiles_create() left epfile->in at zero until ffs_func_eps_enable() ran. Reachability requires access to a FunctionFS endpoint before a USB host connects; published sources identify incorrect DMA direction but no resulting data disclosure, modification, or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64327
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Jul 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.9
- Affected versionversion=7b07a2a7ca02a20124b552be96c5a56910795488 <82cf1142e5ccf2b6d6d22ef713aaf3e5f2b5716b
- Affected versionversion=7b07a2a7ca02a20124b552be96c5a56910795488 <82cfd4739011bdc7e87b5d585703427e89ddfaa5
- Affected versionversion=7b07a2a7ca02a20124b552be96c5a56910795488 <9e04055ab5fc0470a0031ee6934739f9aa8f34a5
- Affected versionversion=7b07a2a7ca02a20124b552be96c5a56910795488 <f99f32ea9aa976afcbec20647ed33b50a52002c1
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