In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: configfs: fix out-of-bounds read of qw_sign
os_desc_qw_sign_show() passes OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN as the input
length to utf16s_to_utf8s(), but that argument counts UTF-16 code
units while OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN (14) is the byte size of qw_sign[].
The array holds only OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN / 2 (7) code units, so the
conversion reads up to 7 units (14 bytes) past the end of qw_sign[]
into the following members of struct gadget_info when the stored
signature fills the array without a NUL terminator, exposing those
bytes through the configfs attribute.
The store path halves the count for its input bound but passes the
full byte count as the utf8s_to_utf16s() output limit; use the
destination code-unit count in both directions.
usb: gadget: configfs: fix out-of-bounds read of qw_sign
os_desc_qw_sign_show() passes OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN as the input
length to utf16s_to_utf8s(), but that argument counts UTF-16 code
units while OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN (14) is the byte size of qw_sign[].
The array holds only OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN / 2 (7) code units, so the
conversion reads up to 7 units (14 bytes) past the end of qw_sign[]
into the following members of struct gadget_info when the stored
signature fills the array without a NUL terminator, exposing those
bytes through the configfs attribute.
The store path halves the count for its input bound but passes the
full byte count as the utf8s_to_utf16s() output limit; use the
destination code-unit count in both directions.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: configfs: fix out-of-bounds read of qw_sign os_desc_qw_sign_show() passes OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN as the input length to utf16s_to_utf8s(), but that argument counts UTF-16 code units while OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN (14) is the byte size of qw_sign[]. The array holds only OS_STRING_QW_SIGN_LEN / 2 (7) code units, so the conversion reads up to 7 units (14 bytes) past the end of qw_sign[] into the following members of struct gadget_info when the stored signature fills the array without a NUL terminator, exposing those bytes through the configfs attribute. The store path halves the count for its input bound but passes the full byte count as the utf8s_to_utf16s() output limit; use the destination code-unit count in both directions. | |
| Title | usb: gadget: configfs: fix out-of-bounds read of qw_sign | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T16:11:26.548Z
Reserved: 2026-09-17T16:02:15.086Z
Link: CVE-2026-93120
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T17:18:06.667
Modified: 2026-09-17T17:18:06.667
Link: CVE-2026-93120
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