CVE-2026-74679 json
usb: gadget: f_ncm: Use unsigned int for ndp_index
published 2026-08-22 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-06 2 d ago also EUVD-2026-64366
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: f_ncm: Use unsigned int for ndp_index
The variable ndp_index is declared as a signed integer, but it stores the return value of get_ncm(), which is unsigned.
A malicious host can supply a large offset that overflows the signed ndp_index, making it negative. Because ndp_index is compared against unsigned bounds, this negative value bypasses sanity checks and leads to an out-of-bounds read when calculating the address of the NDP block (ntb_ptr + ndp_index).
Fix this by changing ndp_index to unsigned int to ensure consistent unsigned comparisons throughout the function.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.105-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.9-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74679
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.119
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1111.115
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74679
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c8c6825a750fcd3efbe922847ca70ccd5a66857 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c0deeba4a46481543d6b09c665f758c54c3a1a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d13f650a3485b58c124b3cda45597e8002c9c833 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/11413d7ed42174b8f5d8d0b6a25d10dc88239b21 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b2b3a3229a3f4c493ffdee53aee2f173b6f13b3 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d328fdc607fa1bb668ad512e1c918a120f78f337 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc9e54e22845c4da29588ca0986cb7c795b5a262 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b1c8a9403a26cb0fed7a648916c74dc236da591 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-74679 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: usb: gadget: f_ncm: Use unsigned int for ndp_index
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9c8c6825a750fcd3efbe922847ca70ccd5a66857
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a1c0deeba4a46481543d6b09c665f758c54c3a1a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d13f650a3485b58c124b3cda45597e8002c9c833
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/11413d7ed42174b8f5d8d0b6a25d10dc88239b21
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5b2b3a3229a3f4c493ffdee53aee2f173b6f13b3
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d328fdc607fa1bb668ad512e1c918a120f78f337
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/fc9e54e22845c4da29588ca0986cb7c795b5a262
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6b1c8a9403a26cb0fed7a648916c74dc236da591
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-74679
- NVD CVE-2026-74679
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