Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: u_ether: Fix NULL pointer deref in eth_get_drvinfo
Commit ec35c1969650 ("usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix net_device lifecycle with
device_move") reparents the gadget device to /sys/devices/virtual during
unbind, clearing the gadget pointer. If the userspace tool queries on
the surviving interface during this detached window, this leads to a
NULL pointer dereference.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
Call trace:
eth_get_drvinfo+0x50/0x90
ethtool_get_drvinfo+0x5c/0x1f0
__dev_ethtool+0xaec/0x1fe0
dev_ethtool+0x134/0x2e0
dev_ioctl+0x338/0x560
Add a NULL check for dev->gadget in eth_get_drvinfo(). When detached,
skip copying the fw_version and bus_info strings, which is natively
handled by ethtool_get_drvinfo for empty strings.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)