Medium 5.5Published Feb 14, 2026

CVE-2026-23188net: usb: r8152: fix resume reset deadlock

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 7:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: r8152: fix resume reset deadlock rtl8152 can trigger device reset during reset which potentially can result in a deadlock: **** DPM device timeout after 10 seconds; 15 seconds until panic **** Call Trace: <TASK> schedule+0x483/0x1370 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30 __mutex_lock_common+0x1fd/0x470 __rtl8152_set_mac_address+0x80/0x1f0 dev_set_mac_address+0x7f/0x150 rtl8152_post_reset+0x72/0x150 usb_reset_device+0x1d0/0x220 rtl8152_resume+0x99/0xc0 usb_resume_interface+0x3e/0xc0 usb_resume_both+0x104/0x150 usb_resume+0x22/0x110 The problem is that rtl8152 resume calls reset under tp->control mutex while reset basically re-enters rtl8152 and attempts to acquire the same tp->control lock once again. Reset INACCESSIBLE device outside of tp->control mutex scope to avoid recursive mutex_lock() deadlock.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	4933b066fefbee4f1d2d708de53c4ab7f09026ad builds before 61c8091b7937f91f9bc0b7f6b578de270fe35dc7; 4933b066fefbee4f1d2d708de53c4ab7f09026ad builds before 1b2efc593dca99d8e8e6f6d6c7ccd9a972679702; 4933b066fefbee4f1d2d708de53c4ab7f09026ad builds before 6d06bc83a5ae8777a5f7a81c32dd75b8d9b2fe04	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.11 before 6.12.70; from 6.13 before 6.18.10; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 2 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61c8091b7937f91f9bc0b7f6b578de270fe35dc7	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b2efc593dca99d8e8e6f6d6c7ccd9a972679702	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d06bc83a5ae8777a5f7a81c32dd75b8d9b2fe04	patch

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