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Unscored CVE-2026-68372 EUVD-2026-55473GHSA-3j8g-7xhm-68vv

usb: core: port: Deattach Type-C connector on component unbind

Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: core: port: Deattach Type-C connector on component unbind

connector_unbind() is the mirror of connector_bind(), but it is missing
the symmetric call to typec_deattach() that connector_bind() makes via:

if (port_dev->child)
typec_attach(port_dev->connector, &port_dev->child->dev);

When a Thunderbolt dock is unplugged, two teardown paths race:

1. The component framework calls connector_unbind() first, which sets
port_dev->connector = NULL without calling typec_deattach(). This
leaves port->usb2_dev/port->usb3_dev in struct typec_port pointing at
the USB device that is about to be freed.

2. usb_disconnect() then calls typec_deattach(port_dev->connector, ...),
but port_dev->connector is already NULL, so the call is a no-op and
port->usb2_dev is never cleared.

3. Concurrently, UCSI detects a PD partner-disconnect event and calls
typec_unregister_partner(), which reads port->usb2_dev (now a dangling
pointer to freed memory) and passes it to typec_partner_unlink_device()
-> sysfs_remove_link() -> dev_name() on the freed device, corrupting
the typec/UCSI partner state.

This corruption leaves the Thunderbolt tunnel in an inconsistent state on
the next dock hot-plug. On affected hardware the dock's I225/igc NIC fails
to enumerate: AER fires a slot reset while the igc driver is still
initialising ("PCIe link lost"), and the subsequent igc_reset attempt hits
igc_rd32 on an already-detached device:

igc 0000:2e:00.0 eth0: PCIe link lost, device now detached
igc: Failed to read reg 0x0!
WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 129 at drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c:7005
igc_rd32+0xa4/0xc0 [igc]
Call Trace:
igc_disable_pcie_master+0x16/0xa0 [igc]
igc_reset_hw_base+0x14/0x170 [igc]
igc_reset+0x63/0x110 [igc]
igc_io_slot_reset+0x9e/0xd0 [igc]
report_slot_reset+0x5d/0xc0
pcie_do_recovery+0x209/0x400
aer_isr_one_error_type+0x235/0x430
aer_isr+0x4e/0x80
irq_thread+0xf4/0x1f0

4. UCSI later handles the PD partner-disconnect and calls
typec_unregister_partner(), which still sees the stale port->usb2_dev
and tries to remove its sysfs link a second time:

kernfs: can not remove 'typec', no directory
WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 55 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1706 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xe9/0xf0
Workqueue: events ucsi_handle_connector_change [typec_ucsi]
Call Trace:
sysfs_remove_link+0x19/0x50
typec_unregister_partner+0x6e/0x120 [typec]
ucsi_unregister_partner+0x107/0x150 [typec_ucsi]
ucsi_handle_connector_change+0x3ec/0x490 [typec_ucsi]
process_one_work+0x18e/0x3e0
worker_thread+0x2e3/0x420
kthread+0x10a/0x230
ret_from_fork+0x121/0x140
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

With worse timing the same stale pointer is dereferenced after the
backing memory is freed, turning the warning into a use-after-free.

Fix the asymmetry: call typec_deattach() before clearing
port_dev->connector, matching what connector_bind() does on the bind side.
typec_partner_deattach() is already protected by port->partner_link_lock,
so it serialises safely with the concurrent typec_unregister_partner() path.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.7 6.12.101

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 7.1.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.101-1 —
Debian 12 linux-6.12 6.12.101-1~deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1033.38 —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux 7.0.0-38.38 USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-aws +1 7.0.0-1014.14 USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-azure 7.0.0-1017.17 USN-8888-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 7.0.0-1016.16 USN-8888-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-gke 7.0.0-1008.9 USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-ibm 7.0.0-1015.15 USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-nvidia 7.0.0-1025.26 USN-9043-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-nvidia-bos 7.0.0-2022.23 USN-9003-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-oracle +1 7.0.0-1013.13 USN-8887-1, USN-8727-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-raspi 7.0.0-1023.23 USN-9021-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 7.0.0-38.38.1 USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-147.147 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws +1 6.8.0-1067.70 USN-9024-1, USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-7.0 +1 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1 USN-8887-3, USN-8887-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-7.0 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1 USN-8888-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1069.76 USN-8918-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-7.0 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1 USN-8888-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1071.79 USN-8918-1, USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1066.74 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1052.56 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-7.0 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4 USN-8887-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1067.68 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-147.147.1 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-7.0 7.0.0-1024.25~24.04.1 USN-9003-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1067.70.1 USN-9040-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1033.33 USN-8911-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1064.67 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-7.0 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1 USN-8887-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1068.72 USN-9025-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +29 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-7.0 7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-vmware 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1069.74~22.04.1 USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1073.82~22.04.1 USN-9026-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1071.78~22.04.1 USN-9026-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1073.81~22.04.1 USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-149.149~22.04.1 USN-9066-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1069.70~22.04.1 USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-149.149.1~22.04.1 USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1067.71~22.04.1 USN-9025-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +33 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2056.58 USN-9025-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1062.63 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1064.65~22.04.1 USN-9024-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-147.147+fips1 USN-8917-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips +1 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1 USN-8918-1, USN-8917-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-52.1.21.34 SUSE-SU-2026:23529-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-52.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23529-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23528-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-52.1.21.36 SUSE-SU-2026:23481-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-52.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23481-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23477-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.22 openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.38.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el10uek ELSA-2026-500374, ELSA-2026-500248

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