CVE-2026-97482 json
usb: gadget: goku_udc: avoid NULL deref of dev->driver in INT_USBRESET log
published 2026-09-24 45 d ago modified 2026-10-03 36 d ago also EUVD-2026-86080
- 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 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: goku_udc: avoid NULL deref of dev->driver in INT_USBRESET log
goku_irq() handles a number of bus events under a single ep0 path. It already guards the gadget driver suspend/resume callbacks against a NULL ->driver:
if (dev->gadget.speed != USB_SPEED_UNKNOWN && dev->driver && dev->driver->resume) { spin_unlock(&dev->lock); dev->driver->resume(&dev->gadget); ... }
but the very next branch unconditionally dereferences dev->driver when an INT_USBRESET arrives:
if (stat & INT_USBRESET) { ACK(INT_USBRESET); INFO(dev, "USB reset done, gadget %s\n", dev->driver->driver.name); }
If the controller raises INT_USBRESET before any gadget driver has been bound (or after one has been unbound), dev->driver is NULL and the printk dereferences NULL.
smatch flags the inconsistency:
drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.c:1618 goku_irq() error: we previously assumed 'dev->driver' could be null (see line 1607)
Fall back to a placeholder when the gadget driver is not bound.
No functional change while a gadget driver is bound.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97482
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97482
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/d7b33afbf9b54b61cb423af9663df54eae11d3b1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2901a4a90afc662e4d023542d91f10ab10fd3c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/999ff3bf665f2abfb6af519ef3d6d42b061d3c15 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a018d4195114ca2cf79858cc45c98581dee4795b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d7fc3008d5b7ec03af8e08927f1d090014c2af commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/28d78783a871cdb7a637dcb72452ff7d303430ae commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf5e3fba9bc7dfd69701521dbe9809f8ccbdb02 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-2026-97482 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: usb: gadget: goku_udc: avoid NULL deref of dev->driver in INT_USBRESET log
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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 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
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
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d7b33afbf9b54b61cb423af9663df54eae11d3b1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ea2901a4a90afc662e4d023542d91f10ab10fd3c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/999ff3bf665f2abfb6af519ef3d6d42b061d3c15
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a018d4195114ca2cf79858cc45c98581dee4795b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/10d7fc3008d5b7ec03af8e08927f1d090014c2af
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/28d78783a871cdb7a637dcb72452ff7d303430ae
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5bf5e3fba9bc7dfd69701521dbe9809f8ccbdb02
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-97482
- NVD CVE-2026-97482
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