# CVE-2024-26748: usb: cdns3: fix memory double free when handle zero packet

> A double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's cdns3 USB driver allows attackers to cause a use-after-free, potentially leading to system crashes or arbitrary code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26748, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26748, GHSA-825r-gh5g-48mg, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26748

## What is CVE-2024-26748?

CVE-2024-26748 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: cdns3: fix memory double free when handle zero packet

829  if (request->complete) {
830          spin_unlock(&priv_dev->lock);
831          usb_gadget_giveback_request(&priv_ep->endpoint,
832                                    request);
833          spin_lock(&priv_dev->lock);
834  }
835
836  if (request->buf == priv_dev->zlp_buf)
837      cdns3_gadget_ep_free_request(&priv_ep->endpoint, request);

Driver append an additional zero packet request when queue a packet, which
length mod max packet size is 0. When transfer complete, run to line 831,
usb_gadget_giveback_request() will free this requestion. 836 condition is
true, so cdns3_gadget_ep_free_request() free this request again.

Log:

[ 1920.140696][  T150] BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in cdns3_gadget_giveback+0x134/0x2c0 [cdns3]
[ 1920.140696][  T150]
[ 1920.151837][  T150] Use-after-free read at 0x000000003d1cd10b (in kfence-#36):
[ 1920.159082][  T150]  cdns3_gadget_giveback+0x134/0x2c0 [cdns3]
[ 1920.164988][  T150]  cdns3_transfer_completed+0x438/0x5f8 [cdns3]

Add check at line 829, skip call usb_gadget_giveback_request() if it is
additional zero length packet request. Needn't call
usb_gadget_giveback_request() because it is allocated in this driver.

Weakness: CWE-415 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26748?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26748?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26748 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26748 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26748 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26748/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26748/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26748
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26748
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26748

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26748/
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