Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbnet: Prevents free active kevent
The root cause of this issue are: 1. When probing the usbnet device, executing usbnet_link_change(dev, 0, 0); put the kevent work in global workqueue. However, the kevent has not yet been scheduled when the usbnet device is unregistered. Therefore, executing free_netdev() results in the "free active object (kevent)" error reported here.
2. Another factor is that when calling usbnet_disconnect()->unregister_netdev(), if the usbnet device is up, ndo_stop() is executed to cancel the kevent. However, because the device is not up, ndo_stop() is not executed.
The solution to this problem is to cancel the kevent before executing free_netdev().
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 16, 2025
- Last modified
- Oct 14, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred