CVE-2026-98767: usb: dwc3: gadget: fix IRQ storm on invalid event buffer count
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: dwc3: gadget: fix IRQ storm on invalid event buffer count
When dwc3checkeventbuf() reads a GEVNTCOUNT value exceeding the event buffer length, commit 63ccd26cd1f6 ("usb: dwc3: gadget: check that event count does not exceed event buffer length") returns IRQNONE without writing back GEVNTCOUNT. Since the DWC3 interrupt is level-triggered, the uncleared IRQ source keeps the line asserted, causing a tight IRQ storm that accumulates 99,900 unhandled interrupts and triggers spurious.c:184 BUG -> kernel panic.
The resulting call stack: reportbadirq+0xac/0xc8 noteinterrupt+0x340/0x468 handleirqevent+0xac/0xc0 handlefasteoiirq+0x120/0x228 gichandleirq+0x68/0x108 ... kernel BUG at kernel/irq/spurious.c:184
To reproduce, write a bogus value exceeding the event buffer length directly to the GEVNTCOUNT register:
devmem <DWC3BASE + 0xc40c> 4 0x1004
Write the bogus count back to GEVNTCOUNT to clear the IRQ source, consistent with the stale event clearing pattern in dwc3eventbufferssetup(), and schedule error recovery to reinitialize the controller.
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade
Linux kernelto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Patch 63ccd26cd1f6