# CVE-2026-23447: net: usb: cdc\_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP32 nframes bounds check

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.15, 4.20, 5.5
- Published: 2026-04-03 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.14.317, fixed in 4.15; from 4.19.285, fixed in 4.20; from 5.4.245, fixed in 5.5
- Linux: 5.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP32 nframes bounds check The same bounds-check bug fixed for NDP16 in the previous patch also exists in cdc_ncm_rx_verify_ndp32(). The DPE array size is validated against the total skb length without accounting for ndpoffset, allowing out-of-bounds reads when the NDP32 is placed near the end of the NTB. Add ndpoffset to the nframes bounds check and use struct_size_t() to express the NDP-plus-DPE-array size more clearly. Compile-tested only.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf246d6680befde2086b1df9eb3aaba3fb6853f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/125f932a76a97904ef8a555f1dd53e5d0e288c54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0d1613d6751489dbf9f69aac1123f0b1e566e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5bd5a2710310c965ea4153cba4210988a3454e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de70da1fb1d152e981ecb3157f7ec2b633005c16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77914255155e68a20aa41175edeecf8121dac391

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