# CVE-2026-64347: usb: gadget: composite: fix dead empty check in the USB\_DT\_OTG handler

- 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: 4.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: composite: fix dead empty check in the USB_DT_OTG handler The OTG branch of composite_setup() falls back to the first configuration when none is selected: if (cdev->config) config = cdev->config; else config = list_first_entry(&cdev->configs, struct usb_configuration, list); if (!config) goto done; ... memcpy(req->buf, config->descriptors[0], value); list_first_entry() never returns NULL. On an empty list it returns container_of() of the list head. So the "if (!config)" check is dead. When cdev->configs is empty, config points at the head inside struct usb_composite_dev. config->descriptors[0] reads whatever sits at that offset. The memcpy copies up to w_length bytes of it into the response buffer. cdev->configs can be empty in two cases. One is a teardown race on gadget unbind with a control transfer in flight. The other is a driver that sets is_otg before it adds a config. A reproducer that holds cdev->configs empty triggers a KASAN fault in this branch. Use list_first_entry_or_null() so the existing check does its job.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2454264b2ab4cf0055c0bfd39e79f830452bd0db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3e72cfef2e38bd588055739a8100d14f9773b17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ac463fe6c0f85bdb1ce8c30e8c9e060802e4483
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56add2b9b2e89ec61c0761165d758f73004fdfdf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b3ecd34b60f950c50c560974945b6596a6f207
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01feaf024f29618d5ffa7ab0fd858e0579dcbf7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcb21bf747640c9d6bd1eda9da85420f076d59c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8f680609c2b3ab795ffcd6f21585b6dfc46d395

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