The vulnerability of the update_port_device_state() function in the Linux kernel USB driver allows a hacker to induce a service failure.

The vulnerability of the updateportdevicestate function in the drivers/usb/core/hub.c file of the Linux kernel’s USB driver relates to the assignment of a null pointer. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26716

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: core: Prevent null pointer dereference in updateportdevicestate Currently, the function updateportdevicestate gets the usbhub from udev-parent by calling usbhubtostructhub. However, in case the actconfig or the maxchild is 0...