CVE-2025-68282

Linux Kernel Use-After-Free in usb_gadget_state_work

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: udc: fix use-after-free in usb_gadget_state_work A race condition during gadget teardown can lead to a use-after-free in usb_gadget_state_work(), as reported by KASAN: BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in sysfs_notify+0x2c/0xd0 Workqueue: events usb_gadget_state_work The fundamental race occurs because a concurrent event (e.g., an interrupt) can call usb_gadget_set_state() and schedule gadget->work at any time during the cleanup process in usb_del_gadget(). Commit 399a45e5237c ("usb: gadget: core: flush gadget workqueue after device removal") attempted to fix this by moving flush_work() to after device_del(). However, this does not fully solve the race, as a new work item can still be scheduled *after* flush_work() completes but before the gadget's memory is freed, leading to the same use-after-free. This patch fixes the race condition robustly by introducing a 'teardown' flag and a 'state_lock' spinlock to the usb_gadget struct. The flag is set during cleanup in usb_del_gadget() *before* calling flush_work() to prevent any new work from being scheduled once cleanup has commenced. The scheduling site, usb_gadget_set_state(), now checks this flag under the lock before queueing the work, thus safely closing the race window.

Scores

EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.7%

Details

Status published
Products (22)
linux/Kernel 3.12.0 - 5.10.248linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.198linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.159linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.17.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.119linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.61linux
Linux/Linux < 3.12
Linux/Linux 3.12
Linux/Linux 5.10.248 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.198 - 5.15.*
... and 12 more
Published Dec 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026