published September 17, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: aspeed_udc: check endpoint DMA allocation
ast_udc_probe() allocates a coherent DMA buffer used as the backing store
for endpoint buffers. ast_udc_init_ep() derives per-endpoint buffer
pointers from udc->ep0_buf, so a failed allocation is dereferenced during
probe.
Check the allocation before endpoint setup. The existing probe error path
called ast_udc_remove(), which unregisters the gadget unconditionally and
is not safe before usb_add_gadget_udc() succeeds. Add a local cleanup
helper for probe failures so pre-registration failures only unwind the
resources that were actually initialized.
This was found by a local static analysis checker for unchecked allocator
returns while scanning Linux 6.16. The change was checked by applying it
to current mainline and by running checkpatch. I do not have access to
Aspeed UDC hardware, so no runtime testing was performed.