CVE-2026-31607

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-04-24. the CNA's CVSS baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:linux, epss, ghsa
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
EPSS
23.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 20, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 20, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19568
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef8ebb1c637b4cfb61a9dd2e013376774ee2033b
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce744264b06b97069b3722511ab355738311fee0
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/973f2c250289f5bf6cc146b98aa6fdde11fe50d6
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906f16a836de13fe61f49cdce2f66f2dbd14caf4
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d155e2d1c4102f74f82a2bf9c016164bb0f7384
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1c4ece08ccdc197177631f111845a2c68eede3
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324262c38438255bf6bdbf6342ca47c0badaab76
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ab833a16a825373aad2ba7d54b572b277e95b71
generic

usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/885c8591784da6314f9aa82fa460ac69f9f79e5f

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1160.151.1.el72026-06-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-55.77.1.el10_02026-06-08redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-570.119.1.el9_62026-06-04redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.16.1.el10_22026-05-20redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.10.1.el9_82026-05-20redhat
linuxKernel @ 5.10.258osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-31607?
CVE-2026-31607 is a critical vulnerability published on April 24, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbip: validate numberofpackets in usbippackret_submit() When a USB/IP client receives a RET_SUBMIT response, usbippackret_submit() unconditionally overwrites urb->numberofpackets from the network PDU. This value is subsequently…
When was CVE-2026-31607 disclosed?
CVE-2026-31607 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 24, 2026, with the most recent update on July 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-31607 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-31607 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-31607?
CVE-2026-31607 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-31607?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-31607, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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