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CVE-2026-31617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in n

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb() The block_len read from the host-supplied NTB header is checked against ntb_max but has no lower bound. When block_len is smaller than opts-ndp_size, the bounds check of: ndp_index > (block_len - opts-ndp_size) will underflow producing a huge unsigned value that ndp_index can never exceed, defeating the check entirely. The same underflow occurs in the datagram index checks against block_len - opts-dpe_size.

With those checks neutered, a malicious USB host can choose ndp_index and datagram offsets that point past the actual transfer, and the skb_put_data() copies adjacent kernel memory into the network skb. Fix this by rejecting block lengths that cannot hold at least the NTB header plus one NDP. This will make block_len - opts-ndp_size and block_len - opts-dpe_size both well-defined.

Commit 8d2b1a1ec9f5 ("CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking") fixed a related class of issues on the host side of NCM.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00014
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Affected Products & Versions

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linux kernel>= 5.9 and < 6.6.136
linux kernel>= 6.12 and < 6.12.83
linux kernel>= 6.13 and < 6.18.24
linux kernel>= 6.19 and < 6.19.14
linux kernel>= 7.0 and < 7.0.1
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Fixed versions by distribution

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The package version that resolves this CVE on each Linux distribution, from the vendor’s published security data. fixed in shows a patched version exists; open means the package is listed as affected with no fix yet.
suse sle15kernel-default open
suse sle15kernel-default-devel open
suse sle15kernel-default-extra open
suse sle15kernel-default-livepatch open
suse sle15kernel-default-livepatch-devel open
suse sle15kernel-devel open
suse sle15kernel-devel-rt open
suse sle15kernel-macros open
suse sle15kernel-source open
suse sle15kernel-source-rt open
suse sle15reiserfs-kmp-default open

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5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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None Low High
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None Required
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Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 Apr 2026 · 03:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:10703-1
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