CVE-2026-63895

usb: gadget: f_fs: copy only received bytes on short ep0 read

published July 19, 2026

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

usb: gadget: f_fs: copy only received bytes on short ep0 read

ffs_ep0_read() allocates its control-OUT data buffer with

kmalloc() (not kzalloc) at the Length value from the Setup

packet, then copies that full len to userspace regardless of

how many bytes were actually received:

data = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);

...

ret = __ffs_ep0_queue_wait(ffs, data, len);

if ((ret > 0) && (copy_to_user(buf, data, len)))

ret = -EFAULT;

__ffs_ep0_queue_wait() returns req->actual, which on a short

control OUT transfer is strictly less than len. The

copy_to_user() call still copies len bytes, so on a short OUT

the last (len - ret) bytes of the kmalloc() buffer --

uninitialised slab residue -- are delivered to the FunctionFS

daemon.

Short ep0 OUT completions are specified USB control-transfer

behavior and are produced by in-tree UDCs:

* dwc2 continues on req->actual < req->length for ep0 DATA OUT

(short-not-ok is the only ep0-OUT stall path).

* aspeed_udc ends ep0 OUT on rx_len < ep->ep.maxpacket.

* renesas_usbf logs "ep0 short packet" and completes the

request.

* dwc3 stalls on short IN but not on short OUT.

A short ep0 OUT is therefore not evidence of a broken UDC; it is

a normal condition f_fs has to cope with. The sibling gadgetfs

implementation in drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c already does

this correctly via min(len, dev->req->actual) before

copy_to_user(). This patch brings f_fs.c to the same safe

pattern rather than trimming at a defensive layer.

The bug is reached from the FunctionFS device node, which in

real deployments is owned by the privileged gadget daemon

(adbd, UMS, composite gadget services, etc.); it is not

reachable from unprivileged userspace. Linux host stacks

normally reject short-wLength control OUTs before they reach

the gadget, so reproducing this required a build that

bypasses that host-side check. With the bypass in place, a

1-byte payload on a 64-byte Setup produces 63 bytes of

non-canary slab residue in the daemon's read buffer.

Fix by copying only ret (actually received) bytes to

userspace.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00261 · 16.9th percentile
Published
2026-07-19T14:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 14:55Z
    usb: gadget: f_fs: copy only received bytes on short ep0 read
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