CVE-2025-68282
Published: Dec 16, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 5702f75375aa9ecf8ad3431aef3fe6ce8c8dbd15 - < dddc944d65169b552e09cb54e3ed4fbb9ea26416affected 5702f75375aa9ecf8ad3431aef3fe6ce8c8dbd15 - < eee16f3ff08e759ea828bdf7dc1c0ef2f22134f5affected 5702f75375aa9ecf8ad3431aef3fe6ce8c8dbd15 - < c12a0c3ef815ddd67e47f9c819f9fe822fed5467affected 5702f75375aa9ecf8ad3431aef3fe6ce8c8dbd15 - < f02a412c0a18f02f0f91b0a3d9788315a721b7fdaffected 5702f75375aa9ecf8ad3431aef3fe6ce8c8dbd15 - < 10014310193cf6736c1aeb4105c5f4a0818d0c65+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.12unaffected 0 - < 3.12unaffected 5.10.248 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.198 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.159 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
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