{"cve":"CVE-2026-74441","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T13:17:48.643","modified":"2026-08-23T13:16:43.717","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration\n\nA synchronization issue exists during port unregistration where pending\npartner work items can race against workqueue destruction, leading to\nuse-after-free conditions:\n\n  cros_ec_ucsi cros_ec_ucsi.3.auto: error -ETIMEDOUT: PPM init failed\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n  RIP: 0010:__queue_work+0x83/0x4a0\n  Call Trace:\n    <IRQ>\n    __cfi_delayed_work_timer_fn+0x10/0x10\n    run_timer_softirq+0x3b6/0xbd0\n    sched_clock_cpu+0xc/0x110\n    irq_exit_rcu+0x18d/0x330\n    fred_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5e/0x80\n\nFix this by ensuring strict ordering and proper serialization during\nteardown:\n\n1. Move ucsi_unregister_partner() to the beginning of the teardown\nsequence and protect it under the connector mutex lock.\n2. Ensure all pending partner tasks are explicitly flushed and finished\nbefore the workqueue is destroyed.\n3. Switch from mod_delayed_work() to a cancel_delayed_work() and\nqueue_delayed_work() sequence. This guarantees that items currently marked\nas pending won't be scheduled an additional time, preventing a double\nrelease of resources which leads to the following crash:\n\n  Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n    0xdead000000000122: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n  Workqueue: cros_ec_ucsi.3.auto-con2 ucsi_poll_worker\n  RIP: 0010:ucsi_poll_worker+0x65/0x1e0\n  Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n    process_scheduled_works+0x218/0x6d0\n    worker_thread+0x188/0x3f0\n    __cfi_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n    kthread+0x226/0x2a0\n\nTo ensure these rules are applied identically across both the normal\nteardown and the ucsi_init() error paths, consolidate the cleanup logic\ninto a new helper, ucsi_unregister_port().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07f8aaffee705e552c1f723ac8bf7eb137ad59c2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11483d80267db97fbe49f2df66385434256cc3b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f7b3728dd9011c915cbeaea77274ebe8366550d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aa7d4bf9d3fa9a6a47b640ad103ab433b7ff261","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b63c680ff605f60f056e5f2c323f1a602aee182"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:49:10.689564601+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-74441","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06632,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}