{"cve":"CVE-2026-64340","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-25T10:17:15.983","modified":"2026-09-03T16:01:54.207","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: legousbtower: fix use-after-free on disconnect race\n\nmutex_unlock() may access the mutex structure after releasing the lock\nand therefore cannot be used to manage lifetime of objects directly\n(unlike spinlocks and refcounts). [1][2]\n\nUse a kref to release the driver data to avoid use-after-free in\nmutex_unlock() when release() races with disconnect().\n\n[1] a51749ab34d9 (\"locking/mutex: Document that mutex_unlock() is\n                   non-atomic\")\n[2] 2b9d9e0a9ba0 (\"locking/mutex: Clarify that mutex_unlock(), and most\n                   other sleeping locks, can still use the lock object\n                   after it's unlocked\")","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b57e5ddbd89df3bc367463de3d2ca66f99a1a5e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11d069f85851997b4ea0adf242ed9672dc749b8f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62fc8eb1b1481051f7bab4aa93d79809053dd09f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6462de75d2e370c7e74dcfb7b4ae79eb5a6a55ee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/766738ecf2b819e54d38763c8d1c8ae6cff14b39"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:46:40.600842820+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-64340","score":0.00126,"percentile":0.02236,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}