CVE-2023-53580

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.1.35-6.1.45 - Denial of Service via USB Gadget Core Deadlock

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: Gadget: core: Help prevent panic during UVC unconfigure Avichal Rakesh reported a kernel panic that occurred when the UVC gadget driver was removed from a gadget's configuration. The panic involves a somewhat complicated interaction between the kernel driver and a userspace component (as described in the Link tag below), but the analysis did make one thing clear: The Gadget core should accomodate gadget drivers calling usb_gadget_deactivate() as part of their unbind procedure. Currently this doesn't work. gadget_unbind_driver() calls driver->unbind() while holding the udc->connect_lock mutex, and usb_gadget_deactivate() attempts to acquire that mutex, which will result in a deadlock. The simple fix is for gadget_unbind_driver() to release the mutex when invoking the ->unbind() callback. There is no particular reason for it to be holding the mutex at that time, and the mutex isn't held while the ->bind() callback is invoked. So we'll drop the mutex before performing the unbind callback and reacquire it afterward. We'll also add a couple of comments to usb_gadget_activate() and usb_gadget_deactivate(). Because they run in process context they must not be called from a gadget driver's ->disconnect() callback, which (according to the kerneldoc for struct usb_gadget_driver in include/linux/usb/gadget.h) may run in interrupt context. This may help prevent similar bugs from arising in the future.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 1.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 286d9975a838d0a54da049765fa1d1fb96b89682 - 65dadb2beeb7360232b09ebc4585b54475dfee06
Linux/Linux 286d9975a838d0a54da049765fa1d1fb96b89682 - 8c1edc00db65f6d4408b3d1cd845e8da3b9e0ca4
Linux/Linux 6.1.35 - 6.1.46
Linux/Linux 6.1.46 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.9 - 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.4.11 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 85102a45c7390caf124a3a5796574446f1e037b9
... and 4 more
Published Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026