Service interruption via stale aborted-transfer writes
Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026
A transfer-state flaw in the Linux DWC3 USB driver allows attackers to interrupt service via an aborted endpoint transfer on affected controllers. The __dwc3_stop_active_transfer function sets forceRM when issuing EndTransfer, allowing an aborted transfer to remain active and later write to a buffer already unmapped during completion cleanup. The observed path uses a DWC_usb31 2.00a or 2.10a controller and a subsequent StartTransfer on the same endpoint; the stale write triggers an SMMU fault.
Summary
What happened
A transfer-state flaw in the Linux DWC3 USB driver allows attackers to interrupt service via an aborted endpoint transfer on affected controllers. The __dwc3_stop_active_transfer function sets forceRM when issuing EndTransfer, allowing an aborted transfer to remain active and later write to a buffer already unmapped during completion cleanup. The observed path uses a DWC_usb31 2.00a or 2.10a controller and a subsequent StartTransfer on the same endpoint; the stale write triggers an SMMU fault.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-90030
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
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- Privileges
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- Sep 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1e43c86d84fb0503e82a143e017f35421498fc1a <0afe5c31612de3d18cc6d16e616da4a48ba1e5a2
- Affected versionversion=1e43c86d84fb0503e82a143e017f35421498fc1a <b58e6200450d350314db0ecda7d6d1bde3281e80
- Affected versionversion=1e43c86d84fb0503e82a143e017f35421498fc1a <e01408ee52fe5cb2d0b43f47f359336af2b6c316
- Affected versionversion=6.6.37 <6.7
- Affected versionversion=6.9
- Affected versionversion=ab99c4be945724b032cc55e05c6738fe1d84bf70
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