# CVE-2024-26933: USB: core: Fix deadlock in port "disable" sysfs attribute

> A race condition in the Linux kernel USB core can cause a deadlock when accessing port disable attributes, leading to denial of service.

- **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:** 1 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-42249, BELL-CVE-2024-26933, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26933, GHSA-4gjr-xffj-592q, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26933

## What is CVE-2024-26933?

CVE-2024-26933 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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: core: Fix deadlock in port "disable" sysfs attribute

The show and store callback routines for the "disable" sysfs attribute
file in port.c acquire the device lock for the port's parent hub
device.  This can cause problems if another process has locked the hub
to remove it or change its configuration:

	Removing the hub or changing its configuration requires the
	hub interface to be removed, which requires the port device
	to be removed, and device_del() waits until all outstanding
	sysfs attribute callbacks for the ports have returned.  The
	lock can't be released until then.

	But the disable_show() or disable_store() routine can't return
	until after it has acquired the lock.

The resulting deadlock can be avoided by calling
sysfs_break_active_protection().  This will cause the sysfs core not
to wait for the attribute's callback routine to return, allowing the
removal to proceed.  The disadvantage is that after making this call,
there is no guarantee that the hub structure won't be deallocated at
any moment.  To prevent this, we have to acquire a reference to it
first by calling hub_get().

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26933?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26933?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26933 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26933 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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-2024-26933 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-2024-26933/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26933/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26933
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26933
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26933

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