CVE-2026-90023 (GCVE-0-2026-90023)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-16 10:33
Modified
2026-10-21 12:49
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_mass_storage: fix null pointer dereference in fsg_common_set_num_buffers() Previously fsg_num_buffers_validate() was removed as it was not necessary due to Kconfig setting the limits for n from 2 to 256 with default as 2. However, setting the page content in such a way that kstrtou8() reflects n value as either 0 or 1 bypasses these restrictions leading to a null pointer dereference if n is 0. Fix this by adding a check for n < 2 and returning -EINVAL if n is either 0 or 1 consistent with Kconfig logic.
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Linux Linux Version: fe5a6c48fd954489f51aab151d5dad9254c76419
Version: fe5a6c48fd954489f51aab151d5dad9254c76419
Version: fe5a6c48fd954489f51aab151d5dad9254c76419
Version: fe5a6c48fd954489f51aab151d5dad9254c76419
Version: fe5a6c48fd954489f51aab151d5dad9254c76419
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