Critical severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-31607
usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit()
9.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit()
When a USB/IP client receives a RET_SUBMIT response,
usbip_pack_ret_submit() unconditionally overwrites
urb->number_of_packets from the network PDU. This value is
subsequently used as the loop bound in usbip_recv_iso() and
usbip_pad_iso() to iterate over urb->iso_frame_desc[], a flexible
array whose size was fixed at URB allocation time based on the
*original* number_of_packets from the CMD_SUBMIT.
A malicious USB/IP server can set number_of_packets in the response
to a value larger than what was originally submitted, causing a heap
out-of-bounds write when usbip_recv_iso() writes to
urb->iso_frame_desc[i] beyond the allocated region.
KASAN confirmed this with kernel 7.0.0-rc5:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in usbip_recv_iso+0x46a/0x640
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888106351d40 by task vhci_rx/69
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 320-byte region [ffff888106351c00, ffff888106351d40)
The server side (stub_rx.c) and gadget side (vudc_rx.c) already
validate number_of_packets in the CMD_SUBMIT path since commits
c6688ef9f297 ("usbip: fix stub_rx: harden CMD_SUBMIT path to handle
malicious input") and b78d830f0049 ("usbip: fix vudc_rx: harden
CMD_SUBMIT path to handle malicious input"). The server side validates
against USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS because no URB exists yet at that point.
On the client side we have the original URB, so we can use the tighter
bound: the response must not exceed the original number_of_packets.
This mirrors the existing validation of actual_length against
transfer_buffer_length in usbip_recv_xbuff(), which checks the
response value against the original allocation size.
Kelvin Mbogo's series ("usb: usbip: fix integer overflow in
usbip_recv_iso()", v2) hardens the receive-side functions themselves;
this patch complements that work by catching the bad value at its
source -- in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the overwrite -- and
using the tighter per-URB allocation bound rather than the global
USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS limit.
Fix this by checking rpdu->number_of_packets against
urb->number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the
overwrite. On violation, clamp to zero so that usbip_recv_iso() and
usbip_pad_iso() safely return early.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.39 before 6.6.136; 6.7 before 6.12.83; 6.13 before 6.18.24; 6.19 before 6.19.14; 7.0 before 7.0.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
1325f85fa49f57df034869de430f7c302ae23109 before 324262c38438255bf6bdbf6342ca47c0badaab76; 1325f85fa49f57df034869de430f7c302ae23109 before 973f2c250289f5bf6cc146b98aa6fdde11fe50d6; 1325f85fa49f57df034869de430f7c302ae23109 before ce744264b06b97069b3722511ab355738311fee0; 1325f85fa49f57df034869de430f7c302ae23109 before 885c8591784da6314f9aa82fa460ac69f9f79e5f; 1325f85fa49f57df034869de430f7c302ae23109 before 8d155e2d1c4102f74f82a2bf9c016164bb0f7384; 1325f85fa49f57df034869de430f7c302ae23109 before 906f16a836de13fe61f49cdce2f66f2dbd14caf4; +14 more · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31607
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31607
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ab833a16a825373aad2ba7d54b572b277e95b71
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324262c38438255bf6bdbf6342ca47c0badaab76
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1c4ece08ccdc197177631f111845a2c68eede3
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/885c8591784da6314f9aa82fa460ac69f9f79e5f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d155e2d1c4102f74f82a2bf9c016164bb0f7384
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906f16a836de13fe61f49cdce2f66f2dbd14caf4
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