CVE-2026-23188

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23188
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23188.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-23188
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-02-14T16:27:16.869Z
Modified
2026-04-02T17:30:12.643671171Z
Summary
net: usb: r8152: fix resume reset deadlock
Details

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

net: usb: r8152: fix resume reset deadlock

rtl8152 can trigger device reset during reset which potentially can result in a deadlock:

**** DPM device timeout after 10 seconds; 15 seconds until panic **** Call Trace: <TASK> schedule+0x483/0x1370 schedulepreemptdisabled+0x15/0x30 __mutexlockcommon+0x1fd/0x470 __rtl8152setmacaddress+0x80/0x1f0 devsetmacaddress+0x7f/0x150 rtl8152postreset+0x72/0x150 usbresetdevice+0x1d0/0x220 rtl8152resume+0x99/0xc0 usbresumeinterface+0x3e/0xc0 usbresumeboth+0x104/0x150 usbresume+0x22/0x110

The problem is that rtl8152 resume calls reset under tp->control mutex while reset basically re-enters rtl8152 and attempts to acquire the same tp->control lock once again.

Reset INACCESSIBLE device outside of tp->control mutex scope to avoid recursive mutex_lock() deadlock.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23188.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4933b066fefbee4f1d2d708de53c4ab7f09026ad
Fixed
61c8091b7937f91f9bc0b7f6b578de270fe35dc7
Fixed
1b2efc593dca99d8e8e6f6d6c7ccd9a972679702
Fixed
6d06bc83a5ae8777a5f7a81c32dd75b8d9b2fe04

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23188.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.11.0
Fixed
6.12.70
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.10

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23188.json"