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CVE-2026-80861— usb: xhci: bail out of setup if the controller is inaccessible

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于USB xHCI控制器不可访问时未检查能力寄存器读取返回值，导致操作寄存器地址未对齐，访问时触发arm64对齐错误，可能导致内核崩溃（拒绝服务）。

AI Predicted 7.0 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.15% · P5

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 66d4eadd8d067269ea8fead1a50fe87c2979a80d< bf84c6b0264947794fa783c324a6d874ca6657d8 affected
66d4eadd8d067269ea8fead1a50fe87c2979a80d< 0b31744f70c5e06cce5fb660e02d057a3b9e0e37 affected
66d4eadd8d067269ea8fead1a50fe87c2979a80d< 78203d5b54a40f0e36196ebf31c9c7a380fc8811 affected
2.6.31 affected
< 2.6.31 unaffected
7.1.13≤ 7.1.* unaffected
7.2.3≤ 7.2.* unaffected
7.3-rc1≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-80861

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
usb: xhci: bail out of setup if the controller is inaccessible
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci: bail out of setup if the controller is inaccessible xhci_gen_setup() locates the operational registers using the capability length read from the very first register: xhci->op_regs = hcd->regs + HC_LENGTH(readl(&xhci->cap_regs->hc_capbase)); If the controller is dead or has dropped off the bus, that read returns ~0, HC_LENGTH() truncates it to 0xff, and op_regs ends up 0xff bytes past the page-aligned MMIO base, i.e. unaligned. The first access through it, xhci_halt() -> xhci_handshake() reading op_regs->status, is then an unaligned readl() on device memory. arm64 faults on unaligned device accesses, so instead of xhci_handshake() catching the all-ones value and returning -ENODEV, setup oopses: xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: Unable to change power state from D3cold to D0, device inaccessible xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: xHCI Host Controller xhci-pci-renesas 0005:08:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff80030a770103 ESR = 0x0000000096000021 FSC = 0x21: alignment fault Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1] SMP pc : xhci_halt [xhci_hcd] Call trace: xhci_halt xhci_gen_setup xhci_pci_setup usb_add_hcd usb_hcd_pci_probe xhci_pci_common_probe xhci_pci_renesas_probe This was hit with a Renesas uPD720201 that failed to power up ("Unable to change power state from D3cold to D0, device inaccessible") yet still reached the HCD probe path. Read the capability register once, and if it reads back the all-ones value (as xhci_handshake() and xhci_reset() already test for), abort setup with -ENODEV before op_regs is derived from it. Reading it once also avoids re-reading a register that may change under a concurrent hot-removal.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于USB xHCI控制器不可访问时未检查能力寄存器读取返回值，导致操作寄存器地址未对齐，访问时触发arm64对齐错误，可能导致内核崩溃（拒绝服务）。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux 66d4eadd8d067269ea8fead1a50fe87c2979a80d ~ bf84c6b0264947794fa783c324a6d874ca6657d8 -
Linux Linux 2.6.31 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-80861 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-04 · 156 CVEs total

CVE-2026-80865 bpf: Add missing access_ok call to copy_user_syms
CVE-2026-80855 fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on open O_TRUNC DAX failure
CVE-2026-80856 fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on setattr writeback failure
CVE-2026-80857 fuse: wait for FR_FINISHED on abort_on_kill to prevent use-after-free
CVE-2026-80858 fuse: publish io-uring queues with release semantics
CVE-2026-80859 fuse: fix missing barrier when checking io-uring readiness
CVE-2026-80860 fuse: fix race between interrupt and resend
CVE-2026-80862 nvme-tcp: fix usage of page_frag_cache
CVE-2026-80863 RDMA/rxe: Fix OOB in free_rd_atomic_resources()
CVE-2026-80864 RDMA/rxe: Fix responder UAF on IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC modify_qp
CVE-2026-80870 drm/amdkfd: Validate CRIU-restored IDs before idr_alloc
CVE-2026-80874 arm64: dts: renesas: ironhide: Describe inline ECC carveouts
CVE-2026-80873 KVM: arm64: nv: Write ESR_EL2 for injected nested SError exceptions
CVE-2026-80872 ALSA: hda/tas2781: Cancel async firmware request at unbind
CVE-2026-80871 crypto: xilinx-trng - Remove crypto_rng interface
CVE-2026-80868 ntfs3: Allocate iomap inline_data using alloc_page
CVE-2026-80866 tipc: avoid busy looping in tipc_exit_net()
CVE-2026-80867 alpha/PCI: Add security_locked_down() check to pci_mmap_resource()
CVE-2026-80854 usb: gadget: f_tcm: keep port count until LUN teardown completes
CVE-2026-80869 ntfs: bound the attribute-list entry in ntfs_read_inode_mount()

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