---
id: CVE-2026-74677
title: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: usb: ipheth: fix carrier_work UAF on disconnect\n\nipheth_sndbulk_callback() re-arms the carrier-check work on any\nnon-zero URB status:\n\n\telse\n\t\tschedule_delayed_wor…"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: usb: ipheth: fix carrier_work UAF on disconnect\n\nipheth_sndbulk_callback() re-arms the carrier-check work on any\nnon-zero URB status:\n\n\telse\n\t\tschedule_delayed_wor…"
severity: none
published: '2026-08-22'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T13:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74677'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c7496124e94c7f9c3daa5c5b1fb563ca9d62c45'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48303f3ae0fa6e102f3fc7dbf1688cc179131962'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07133fe1befae9a1e4c4c5e46ef0b73d2992020'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde39b8a521780391fb4e5bda2c0aa4928947f12'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00168
epssPercentile: 0.05616
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.534Z'
---

## Overview

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

net: usb: ipheth: fix carrier_work UAF on disconnect

ipheth_sndbulk_callback() re-arms the carrier-check work on any
non-zero URB status:

	else
		schedule_delayed_work(&dev->carrier_work, 0);

Nothing ties that to the interface being up, so the work can be armed
again after ipheth_close() has already drained it, and stay armed
until the netdev whose private area embeds it is freed.

On unplug with a TX URB in flight, ipheth_disconnect() drains the work
through unregister_netdev() -> ipheth_close() ->
cancel_delayed_work_sync() and only then calls ipheth_kill_urbs().
usb_kill_urb() completes the in-flight TX URB with -ENOENT, so
ipheth_sndbulk_callback() runs after the drain and re-arms
carrier_work.

The same completion also re-arms the work if the interface is only
brought down while a TX URB is in flight, and
ipheth_carrier_check_work() then keeps re-queueing itself once a
second. unregister_netdev() does not call ipheth_close() for an
already-down interface, so nothing drains it on the later unplug
either.

In both cases free_netdev() frees the netdev while carrier_work is
still pending, and ipheth_carrier_check_work() dereferences freed
memory.

Tie the work to the interface state instead of chasing the completion:
disable it in ipheth_close() and enable it in ipheth_open(), so a
schedule_delayed_work() from the URB completion is a no-op whenever
the interface is not up. disable_delayed_work_sync() also waits for a
running instance, so it fully replaces the cancel_delayed_work_sync()
it takes the place of. The work starts out disabled in ipheth_probe()
so the enable/disable counts balance from the first open.

Reproduced under KASAN on linux-next (next-20260731) with dummy_hcd and
raw-gadget standing in for the device, driving the second path above (the
interface is already down, so unregister_netdev() does not call
ipheth_close()): 15 of 15 unpatched boots report a slab-use-after-free in
__run_timers(), freed by ipheth_disconnect() and re-armed from
ipheth_sndbulk_callback() via queue_delayed_work_on(). The
same trigger on a kernel differing only by this patch reports 0 of 15,
and the carrier check still functions across open/close cycles.

The reproducer needs an attached USB device that stops draining bulk OUT,
plus a link down and unplug, driven as root. It is not a privilege
boundary crossing and no exploit primitive was developed.

Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai).

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.