CVE-2021-46986

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.10-5.10.37, 5.10.38-5.10.*, 5.11.22-5.11.* - Use-After-Free in DWC3 Gadget Endpoint List Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: dwc3: gadget: Free gadget structure only after freeing endpoints As part of commit e81a7018d93a ("usb: dwc3: allocate gadget structure dynamically") the dwc3_gadget_release() was added which will free the dwc->gadget structure upon the device's removal when usb_del_gadget_udc() is called in dwc3_gadget_exit(). However, simply freeing the gadget results a dangling pointer situation: the endpoints created in dwc3_gadget_init_endpoints() have their dep->endpoint.ep_list members chained off the list_head anchored at dwc->gadget->ep_list. Thus when dwc->gadget is freed, the first dwc3_ep in the list now has a dangling prev pointer and likewise for the next pointer of the dwc3_ep at the tail of the list. The dwc3_gadget_free_endpoints() that follows will result in a use-after-free when it calls list_del(). This was caught by enabling KASAN and performing a driver unbind. The recent commit 568262bf5492 ("usb: dwc3: core: Add shutdown callback for dwc3") also exposes this as a panic during shutdown. There are a few possibilities to fix this. One could be to perform a list_del() of the gadget->ep_list itself which removes it from the rest of the dwc3_ep chain. Another approach is what this patch does, by splitting up the usb_del_gadget_udc() call into its separate "del" and "put" components. This allows dwc3_gadget_free_endpoints() to be called before the gadget is finally freed with usb_put_gadget().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10.38 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.11.22 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.5 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux e81a7018d93a7de31a3f121c9a7eecd0a5ec58b0 - 1ea775021282d90e1d08d696b7ab54aa75d688e5
Linux/Linux e81a7018d93a7de31a3f121c9a7eecd0a5ec58b0 - b4b8e9601d7ee8806d2687f081a42485d27674a1
Linux/Linux e81a7018d93a7de31a3f121c9a7eecd0a5ec58b0 - bb9c74a5bd1462499fe5ccb1e3c5ac40dcfa9139
Linux/Linux e81a7018d93a7de31a3f121c9a7eecd0a5ec58b0 - bc0cdd72493236fb72b390ad38ce581e353c143c
... and 2 more
Published Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026