{"cve":"CVE-2026-52982","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-24T17:17:08.887","modified":"2026-10-19T20:18:53.003","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: usb: rtl8150: fix use-after-free in rtl8150_start_xmit()\n\nsyzbot reported a KASAN slab-use-after-free read in rtl8150_start_xmit()\nwhen accessing skb->len for tx statistics after usb_submit_urb() has\nbeen called:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rtl8150_start_xmit+0x71f/0x760\n    drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c:712\n  Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810eb7a930 by task kworker/0:4/5226\n\nThe URB completion handler write_bulk_callback() frees the skb via\ndev_kfree_skb_irq(dev->tx_skb). The URB may complete on another CPU\nin softirq context before usb_submit_urb() returns in the submitter,\nso by the time the submitter reads skb->len the skb has already been\nqueued to the per-CPU completion_queue and freed by net_tx_action():\n\n  CPU A (xmit)                      CPU B (USB completion softirq)\n  ------------                      ------------------------------\n  dev->tx_skb = skb;\n  usb_submit_urb()      --+\n                          |-------> write_bulk_callback()\n                          |           dev_kfree_skb_irq(dev->tx_skb)\n                          |         net_tx_action()\n                          |           napi_skb_cache_put()   <-- free\n  netdev->stats.tx_bytes  |\n    += skb->len;          <-- UAF read\n\nFix it by caching skb->len before submitting the URB and using the\ncached value when updating the tx_bytes counter.\n\nThe pre-existing tx_bytes semantics are preserved: the counter tracks\nthe original frame length (skb->len), not the ETH_ZLEN/USB-alignment\npadded \"count\" value that is handed to the device.  Changing that\nwould be a user-visible accounting change and is out of scope for\nthis UAF fix.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23f0e34c64acba15cad4d23e50f41f533da195fa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24831b0b2ada9fef18d1f486b7b7c444ee5ba637","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30cf9829d09ca958279c937af8e35495cd2f1e09","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/423b5b86e14e190f6e3161eb5f2ea5f908295ba7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dd7eb94f79486b77ca6b4c8676aedbc465dc802"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-52982","score":0.00536,"percentile":0.44926,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}