CVE-2026-98766
kernel: usb: gadget: aspeed-vhub: cancel wake work on device removal
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 18, 2026
Updated · October 23, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Aspeed virtual hub (vhub) driver. When a device is removed, scheduled wakeup tasks are not properly canceled, allowing background work to run after the associated memory structures have been freed. A local attacker could exploit this race condition to trigger a use-after-free condition, resulting in memory corruption and a Denial of Service (DoS) via a system crash.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference