# CVE-2026-80824: usb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb\_device in usbdev\_release()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.269, 5.15.220, 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108, and 3 more
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in 0a960b88c5979f853019d4dc4957dfbeeb193440; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in 96f5520fc9a5e4bbf77ac93c9d5ce502f597e6cf; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in bd4bffc621a8cb2f4d9ed9b6447415de524a3bef; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in 65879e0a452ca2a234b9475e0c11aff7a4343738; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in b3cde26a66b04f1d90ed0b675899c88b4e49d424; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in 5f08c45bdcfd28d1171de38c5ef29fc89a76eedc; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in 7f0278e474c4d1c4457974ff1137cc385c944ab3; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in 47a7f98fbb5006d46d15a3a210ffdc61448a4f19; from f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8, fixed in 0dd68b5d01d022fc9c5e71c82a82b0a94d3d0671
- Linux: 4.6
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.6.0, fixed in 5.10.269; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.220; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.187; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.156; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.108; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.49; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.13; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb_device in usbdev_release() usbdev_release() drops its reference to the struct usb_device before draining the list of completed async URBs, but that drain path reads back through the same object: free_async() calls dec_usb_memory_use_count() for any URB whose buffer came from the usbfs mmap() region, and its first statement is bus_to_hcd(ps->dev->bus). After a disconnect the usbfs reference can be the last one, in which case usb_put_dev() frees the device and the subsequent loop reads offset 80 of freed memory and uses the result as a struct usb_hcd *, which hcd_buffer_free_pages() then dereferences. This is reachable by an unprivileged process that has read/write access to a /dev/bus/usb node: mmap() the fd, submit one URB with a buffer inside the mapping, wait for the device to be unplugged, then munmap() and close(). It reproduces on every attempt rather than being a race, because a live MAP_SHARED vma holds a reference on the struct file, so usbdev_release() cannot run until the last vma is gone and the freeing branch of dec_usb_memory_use_count() is always taken. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dec_usb_memory_use_count+0x3ae/0x410 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880122ee050 by task poc/769 CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 769 Comm: poc Tainted: G B 6.12.94 #3 Call Trace: dec_usb_memory_use_count+0x3ae/0x410 free_async+0x2aa/0x4f0 usbdev_release+0x375/0x460 __fput+0x3ea/0xb50 __x64_sys_close+0x86/0x100 Allocated by task 11: usb_alloc_dev+0x55/0xd90 hub_event+0x2524/0x43d0 Freed by task 769: kfree+0x121/0x360 device_release+0xd2/0x280 usb_put_dev+0x23/0x30 usbdev_release+0x2d8/0x460 Release the device reference after the drain loop instead. Nothing between the two points requires it to have been dropped.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.269, 5.15.220, 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a960b88c5979f853019d4dc4957dfbeeb193440
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96f5520fc9a5e4bbf77ac93c9d5ce502f597e6cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd4bffc621a8cb2f4d9ed9b6447415de524a3bef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65879e0a452ca2a234b9475e0c11aff7a4343738
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3cde26a66b04f1d90ed0b675899c88b4e49d424
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f08c45bdcfd28d1171de38c5ef29fc89a76eedc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f0278e474c4d1c4457974ff1137cc385c944ab3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a7f98fbb5006d46d15a3a210ffdc61448a4f19
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd68b5d01d022fc9c5e71c82a82b0a94d3d0671

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