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usbip PacketCount Overflow

CVE-2026-31607

CVSS 9.8 / 10.0 NVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

KernelScan AI9.8CRITICAL

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() When a USB/IP client receives a RET_SUBMIT response, usbip_pack_ret_submit() unconditionally overwrites urb->number_of_packets from the network PDU. This value is subsequently used as the loop bound in usbip_recv_iso() and usbip_pad_iso() to iterate over urb->iso_frame_desc[], a flexible array whose size was fixed at URB allocation time based on the *original* number_of_packets from the CMD_SUBMIT. A malicious USB/IP server can set number_of_packets in the response to a value larger than what was originally submitted, causing a heap out-of-bounds write when usbip_recv_iso() writes to urb->iso_frame_desc[i] beyond the allocated region. KASAN confirmed this with kernel 7.0.0-rc5: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in usbip_recv_iso+0x46a/0x640 Write of size 4 at addr ffff888106351d40 by task vhci_rx/69 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 320-byte region [ffff888106351c00, ffff888106351d40) The server side (stub_rx.c) and gadget side (vudc_rx.c) already validate number_of_packets in the CMD_SUBMIT path since commits c6688ef9f297 ("usbip: fix stub_rx: harden CMD_SUBMIT path to handle malicious input") and b78d830f0049 ("usbip: fix vudc_rx: harden CMD_SUBMIT path to handle malicious input"). The server side validates against USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS because no URB exists yet at that point. On the client side we have the original URB, so we can use the tighter bound: the response must not exceed the original number_of_packets. This mirrors the existing validation of actual_length against transfer_buffer_length in usbip_recv_xbuff(), which checks the response value against the original allocation size. Kelvin Mbogo's series ("usb: usbip: fix integer overflow in usbip_recv_iso()", v2) hardens the receive-side functions themselves; this patch complements that work by catching the bad value at its source -- in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the overwrite -- and using the tighter per-URB allocation bound rather than the global USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS limit. Fix this by checking rpdu->number_of_packets against urb->number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the overwrite. On violation, clamp to zero so that usbip_recv_iso() and usbip_pad_iso() safely return early.

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Engine v0.2.0

Risk summary

A malicious USB/IP server can cause heap buffer overflow on client systems by sending crafted responses with inflated packet counts. This can lead to memory corruption, system crashes, or potentially code execution. The attack requires network access to provide a malicious USB/IP server that victims connect to.

Affecteddrivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c

Vulnerability analysis

Root Cause: The usbip_pack_ret_submit() function unconditionally overwrites urb->number_of_packets from network data without validation. This value is later used as a loop bound to iterate over urb->iso_frame_desc[], a flexible array whose size was fixed at URB allocation time based on the original number_of_packets from CMD_SUBMIT.

Attack Surface: Network-based attack requiring a malicious USB/IP server. The attacker must control or compromise a USB/IP server that the victim client connects to. The vulnerability is triggered when the client receives a crafted RET_SUBMIT response with an inflated number_of_packets value.

Fix Mechanism: The patch adds validation in usbip_pack_ret_submit() to check that rpdu->number_of_packets does not exceed the original urb->number_of_packets before overwriting it. If the response claims more packets than originally submitted, the value is clamped to zero, causing downstream functions usbip_recv_iso() and usbip_pad_iso() to return early safely.

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BranchFixed inPatch commit
2.62.6.39324262c38438
5.105.10.258973f2c250289
5.155.15.209ce744264b06b
6.16.1.175885c8591784d
6.126.12.83906f16a836de
6.186.18.24ef8ebb1c637b
6.196.19.145e1c4ece08cc
6.66.6.1368d155e2d1c41
7.07.0.12ab833a16a82
mainline7.1-rc1