Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-98765USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix wait for outstanding request completions

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In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: dummy-hcd: Fix wait for outstanding request completions The dummy-hcd driver emulates synchronize_irq() by waiting until its private callback_usage counter drops to 0 (with the private lock not held). This counter is incremented whenever a gadget driver callback occurs (which requires the private lock to be dropped), but not when a request completion handler is called. This is an oversight. Request completion is triggered by timer interrupts (emulating device IRQs in a real UDC), and the interrupt handlers are supposed to have completed when the synchronize_irq() emulation routine returns -- they aren't supposed to be in the middle of a completion callback. If this happens it can lead to a gadget driver's unbind routine running before all outstanding request completions have finished, maybe even allowing the gadget driver's module to be unloaded while a completion handler is still running. Fix the oversight by incrementing the callback_usage value across request completion callbacks.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-98765
Debian:13linux6.12.113-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98765
Debian:14linux7.2.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98765
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.113-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98765

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 7dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before 32721319e89a2be610b0518b88f0d188ce8780637dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before 48ef54100ceffbd1a055f193873574c45f408eb57dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before d77cc7c0d739fb17413714c5c4914bd396502e207dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before 6849e51b89de5b6fc7447dc8e612b58df19c7dea7dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before 7ce4dca0d53b1c3cb2b7e7bb2e42bf5db860caf27dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before 5298c96bf0068f3160969f7ddad81976d01a9b667dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before 3070806a7bc7bb36ed04a21022c09dafcc5619f47dbd8f4cabd96db5a50513de9d83a8105a5ffc81 – before b263ff9b0fc5c1f371d65c4eb196b31263d039ff
Linux Linux 4.14

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