# CVE-2026-64327: usb: gadget: f\_fs: Initialize epfile-\>in early to fix endpoint direction checks

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_fs: Initialize epfile->in early to fix endpoint direction checks When parsing endpoint descriptors, ffs_data_got_descs() generates the eps_addrmap which contains the endpoint direction. However, epfile->in was previously only populated in ffs_func_eps_enable() which executes upon USB host connection. As a result, early userspace ioctls like FUNCTIONFS_DMABUF_ATTACH that run before the host connects would see epfile->in as 0, leading to incorrect DMA directions. By moving the initialization to ffs_epfiles_create(), epfile->in is accurate before userspace opens the endpoint files.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82cf1142e5ccf2b6d6d22ef713aaf3e5f2b5716b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e04055ab5fc0470a0031ee6934739f9aa8f34a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f99f32ea9aa976afcbec20647ed33b50a52002c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82cfd4739011bdc7e87b5d585703427e89ddfaa5

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