Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-10647
The USB CDC-NCM device class (subsys/usb/device_next/class/usbd_cdc_ncm.c) ignores the return value of usbd_ep_enqueue() in its ethernet transmit callback cdc_ncm_send(). When the enqueue fails, the function still calls k_sem_take(&data-sync_sem, K_FOREVER), blocking on a completion semaphore that is only ever signaled from the bulk-IN transfer-completion callback. Because nothing was enqueued, that callback never fires and the calling thread — a shared network traffic-class TX thread — deadlocks permanently while holding the interface TX lock, halting transmission until reboot (and leaking the transmit buffer).
The enqueue fails under conditions controlled by the attached USB host: usbd_ep_enqueue() returns -EPERM whenever the bus is suspended (a standard, persistent host operation), and the underlying udc_ep_enqueue() returns -EPERM/-ENODEV on disconnect, bus reset, or endpoint disable. The cdc_ncm_send() guard only checks the DATA_IFACE_ENABLED and IFACE_UP flags, not the suspended state, so a packet transmitted while the host holds the bus suspended reaches the failing enqueue and deadlocks the TX path.
The realistic trigger is a bus suspend that occurs while the exported network interface is active and has traffic to send — host sleep, USB selective/auto-suspend, or hub power management — after which any device-originated packet deadlocks the path, recoverable only by reboot. The impact is a persistent loss of the virtual network connection between the host's NCM interface and the Zephyr device; because the deadlocked thread is a shared traffic-class TX thread, egress on other network interfaces can stall as well. There is no memory corruption or information disclosure.
The defect was introduced with the CDC-NCM driver and shipped in releases through v4.4.0; it is fixed by checking the usbd_ep_enqueue() return value and freeing the buffer before the blocking wait.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 2.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
Products affected by CVE-2026-10647
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cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:4.3.0
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cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:4.3.1
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cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:4.4.0
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cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:4.4.1