CVE-2026-43180
net: usb: kaweth: remove TX queue manipulation in kaweth_set_rx_mode
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- May 6, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- May 1, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: kaweth: remove TX queue manipulation in kaweth_set_rx_mode
kaweth_set_rx_mode(), the ndo_set_rx_mode callback, calls netif_stop_queue() and netif_wake_queue(). These are TX queue flow control functions unrelated to RX multicast configuration.
The premature netif_wake_queue() can re-enable TX while tx_urb is still in-flight, leading to a double usb_submit_urb() on the same URB:
kaweth_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(kaweth->tx_urb); }
kaweth_set_rx_mode() { netif_stop_queue(); netif_wake_queue(); // wakes TX queue before URB is done }
kaweth_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(kaweth->tx_urb); // URB submitted while active }
This triggers the WARN in usb_submit_urb():
"URB submitted while active"
This is a similar class of bug fixed in rtl8150 by
- commit 958baf5eaee3 ("net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast").
Also kaweth_set_rx_mode() is already functionally broken, the real set_rx_mode action is performed by kaweth_async_set_rx_mode(), which in turn is not a no-op only at ndo_open() time.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443a830b1dc4f85c7560da59d4494b629feee215
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/586318c2730433184c6f1d21183e346ddf25e81d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2cd4b4db315a845a5603d08c9d03b11ddfc799d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef9b10a020503888eb6c8ed85a3d901a624ede4c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c79b839a63980c7da7ec5db895198045e154112
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc393af769af845d9985e2845e49553d8f015a64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8367c0e90126426e60581e4c07e1ec4411a0f843
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64868f5ecadeb359a49bc4485bfa7c497047f13a
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