Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2026· Updated Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-90023
CVE-2026-90023
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: f_mass_storage: fix null pointer dereference in fsg_common_set_num_buffers()
Previously fsg_num_buffers_validate() was removed as it was not necessary due to Kconfig setting the limits for n from 2 to 256 with default as 2. However, setting the page content in such a way that kstrtou8() reflects n value as either 0 or 1 bypasses these restrictions leading to a null pointer dereference if n is 0. Fix this by adding a check for n < 2 and returning -EINVAL if n is either 0 or 1 consistent with Kconfig logic.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 4.8.0, < 6.6.160+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.8.0, < 6.6.160
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.7-1.1
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c0f5ca48674a5b5f9fa4a9c3325aa48053af0bcnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/51cc9af4f2d3f0b765266aced66b9b532b423b13nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e8dd2a7a8ccbb756771ad985b0ad3387ed3c957nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9b5b5df5b8dd3c1572ed267200276a44cc67d8envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4f0fe3ab47ed57ee4974fdd3e9dccb7839a7ebfnvd
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