Medium 4.7Published May 8, 2026

CVE-2026-43342usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex The class/subclass/protocol options are suspectible to race conditions as they can be accessed concurrently through configfs. Use existing mutex to protect these options. This issue was identified during code inspection.

CVSS: 4.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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)	73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 builds before 0a75d97c53477a59c0aa1c65f69038c719f9c5b8; from 73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 before c1b3d5b0acb194efe20fc5864ee03439fa7bd45c; 73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 builds before 65b7dbf80a1627667c241fff7c1c224f3118014f; from 73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 before cb5316b37288ab8791584e32f114c4f41ad45b67; 73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 builds before 7d8fa3b8783ab95a46e20d97fbeeede719b2efda; 73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 builds before 446f1842cda929c40d4697722bfdcfb334bc9692; 73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 builds before 209decd3f7901df9842b83f2540dc8685e344a07; 73517cf49bd449122b615d2b7a6bb835f02252e5 builds before 8d8c68b1fc06ece60cf43e1306ff0f4ac121547e	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.14 before 5.10.253; from 5.11 before 5.15.203; from 5.16 before 6.1.168; from 6.2 before 6.6.134; from 6.7 before 6.12.81; from 6.13 before 6.18.22; from 6.19 before 6.19.12; 7.0; and 5 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a75d97c53477a59c0aa1c65f69038c719f9c5b8	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1b3d5b0acb194efe20fc5864ee03439fa7bd45c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65b7dbf80a1627667c241fff7c1c224f3118014f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5316b37288ab8791584e32f114c4f41ad45b67	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8fa3b8783ab95a46e20d97fbeeede719b2efda	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/446f1842cda929c40d4697722bfdcfb334bc9692	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209decd3f7901df9842b83f2540dc8685e344a07	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d8c68b1fc06ece60cf43e1306ff0f4ac121547e	patch

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