CVE-2026-31672

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime

USB drivers bind to USB interfaces and any device managed resources should have their lifetime tied to the interface rather than parent USB device. This avoids issues like memory leaks when drivers are unbound without their devices being physically disconnected (e.g. on probe deferral or configuration changes).

Fix the USB anchor lifetime so that it is released on driver unbind.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 24, 2026

Last Modified

April 27, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e360d15fcb1e819eef49e3d4434d8050542eed16
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99f198841b41735796e2ddfcd573783fb552eb9
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b245db719bc7e57abf48bd5701662b270c3880f7
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65518a6965d527c53013947031f26754f6a4f6af
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64a457f6afbf15f984d95201a9a1e71eed3f9dd1
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25369b22223d1c56e42a0cd4ac9137349d5a898e
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de5c76bf40e9cdeebf54662f63011fb10fa452f
generic

wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b233e33b35b927bd8d0044c15325564ea1ba24

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-31672(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 5.10.253osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (53 versions)5.10.257-1
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 (16 versions)6.1.170-1~deb11u1
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)6.1.170-1
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)6.12.85-1
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (127 versions)6.19.13-1

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(24)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 223 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-09-04 03:16 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-08-17 14:48 UTCVendor advisory
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  5. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-08-16 05:46 UTCVendor advisory
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  17. 2026-08-12 23:07 UTCVendor advisory
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  24. 2026-08-11 02:08 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-11 02:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  28. 2026-08-10 01:48 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-10 01:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  32. 2026-08-09 03:18 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-09 03:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-07 19:55 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-07 19:55 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-07 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-06 21:25 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-06 21:25 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-06 21:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  43. 2026-08-05 22:55 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-05 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  49. 2026-08-03 21:00 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-03 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-08-02 11:08 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-31672?
CVE-2026-31672 is a medium vulnerability published on April 24, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime USB drivers bind to USB interfaces and any device managed resources should have their lifetime tied to the interface rather than parent USB device. This avoids issues like memory leaks when…
When was CVE-2026-31672 disclosed?
CVE-2026-31672 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 24, 2026, with the most recent update on April 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-31672 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-31672 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-31672?
CVE-2026-31672 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-31672?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-31672, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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