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usb: core: sysfs: add lock to bos_descriptors_read()

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: core: sysfs: add lock to bos_descriptors_read() Add a lock to the function bos_descriptors_read(). This function accesses udev->bos, which could be simultaneously freed in usb_reset_and_verify_device(), a function that is commonly called in drivers all over the kernel.

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CVE-2026-68374

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-68374

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "12fc84e8c4288cc8ed5f14a35e077130c2cfece2",
        "lessThan": "c07caee449c968842a350bfefa049889923b8240",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
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        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
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        "lessThan": "ab82adf5e63b2d89ead7933ab753b9cedbe028e9",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "12fc84e8c4288cc8ed5f14a35e077130c2cfece2",
        "lessThan": "4e0197fbb0eec588795d5431716a244d9ac8fa93",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "6.9"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.9",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.12.101",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.18.42",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.1.6",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.2",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-68374

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high

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Event
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