In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: peak_usb: peak_usb_start(): fix double free of transfer buffer …
CVE-2026-74456 · published 15 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 3.4
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: peak_usb: peak_usb_start(): fix double free of transfer buffer on URB submit error
In peak_usb_start(), each RX URB transfer buffer is allocated with kmalloc()
and the URB is flagged URB_FREE_BUFFER so that the final usb_free_urb() also
frees the transfer buffer.
If usb_submit_urb() fails, the error path frees the buffer explicitly with
kfree(buf) and then calls usb_free_urb(urb). Because URB_FREE_BUFFER is set,
usb_free_urb() -> urb_destroy() frees the same buffer a second time, a double
free of the transfer buffer.
BUG: KASAN: double-free in usb_free_urb.part.0+0x91/0xb0
Free of addr ffff8881069ccb80 by task trigger.sh/285
Call Trace:
kfree+0x113/0x3c0
usb_free_urb.part.0+0x91/0xb0
Drop the redundant kfree(buf); usb_free_urb() already releases the transfer
buffer. This mirrors commit 03819abbeb11 ("net: usb: lan78xx: Fix double free
issue with interrupt buffer allocation").
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb3325075138dd5346b71589a959878b564dc0b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/525640b93d3e5f82f4ebea4730f4e0cf799522ba
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2fa5840c34d3a558c57855781be75e03bef752
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/914c3b8fa175acf8476ad31cf04e308638e3578e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/92d0de80ca2223b9c7da78020155b6cb27824cc0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b3d5a6d952c38bbcf07f903cbeadefdb56b9bc9
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9088d581fff971a7eb1628f8dcc30df6cfef4dc
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb17bf04a764462000f11258a7c06aa92d1f261
Merged from NVD. Last updated 24 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON