CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-64242

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jul 24, 2026Sources checked Oct 8, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-64242 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-64242?

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

usb: gadget: net2280: Fix double free in probe error path

usb_initialize_gadget() installs gadget_release() as the release callback for the embedded gadget device. The struct net2280 instance is therefore released through gadget_release() when the gadget device's last reference is dropped.

The probe error path calls net2280_remove(), which tears down the partially initialized device and drops the gadget reference with usb_put_gadget(). Calling kfree(dev) afterwards can free the same object again.

Drop the explicit kfree() and let the gadget device release callback handle the final free. This issue was found by a static analysis tool I am developing.

Source: NVD