CVE-2022-48838

usb: gadget: Fix use-after-free bug by not setting udc->dev.driver

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: Fix use-after-free bug by not setting udc->dev.driver The syzbot fuzzer found a use-after-free bug: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dev_uevent+0x712/0x780 drivers/base/core.c:2320 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802b934098 by task udevd/3689 CPU: 2 PID: 3689 Comm: udevd Not tainted 5.17.0-rc4-syzkaller-00229-g4f12b742eb2b #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x303 mm/kasan/report.c:255 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:442 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459 dev_uevent+0x712/0x780 drivers/base/core.c:2320 uevent_show+0x1b8/0x380 drivers/base/core.c:2391 dev_attr_show+0x4b/0x90 drivers/base/core.c:2094 Although the bug manifested in the driver core, the real cause was a race with the gadget core. dev_uevent() does: if (dev->driver) add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name); and between the test and the dereference of dev->driver, the gadget core sets dev->driver to NULL. The race wouldn't occur if the gadget core registered its devices on a real bus, using the standard synchronization techniques of the driver core. However, it's not necessary to make such a large change in order to fix this bug; all we need to do is make sure that udc->dev.driver is always NULL. In fact, there is no reason for udc->dev.driver ever to be set to anything, let alone to the value it currently gets: the address of the gadget's driver. After all, a gadget driver only knows how to manage a gadget, not how to manage a UDC. This patch simply removes the statements in the gadget core that touch udc->dev.driver.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.1 ≤ v < 4.14.2733.1 ≤ v < 4.19.2363.1 ≤ v < 4.9.3083.1 ≤ v < 5.10.1083.1 ≤ v < 5.15.313.1 ≤ v < 5.16.173.1 ≤ v < 5.173.1 ≤ v < 5.4.1874.10 ≤ v < 4.14.2734.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2364.20 ≤ v < 5.4.1875.11 ≤ v < 5.15.315.16 ≤ v < 5.16.175.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1082ccea03a8f7ec93641791f2760d7cdc6cab6205f3.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 00bdd9bf1ac6d401ad926d3d8df41b9f1399f646 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 16b1941eac2bd499f065a6739a40ce0011a3d740 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2015c23610cd0efadaeca4d3a8d1dae9a45aa35a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2282a6eb6d4e118e294e43dcc421e0e0fe4040b5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 27d64436984fb8835a8b7e95993193cc478b162e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4325124dde6726267813c736fee61226f1d38f0b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 609a7119bffe3ddd7c93f2fa65be8917e02a0b7e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e2d3a7009e505e120805f449c832942660f3f7f3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.273 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.236 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.9.308 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.108 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.31 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.187 (unaffected)

References (8)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00bdd9bf1ac6d401ad926d3d8df41b9f1399f646
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16b1941eac2bd499f065a6739a40ce0011a3d740
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2015c23610cd0efadaeca4d3a8d1dae9a45aa35a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2282a6eb6d4e118e294e43dcc421e0e0fe4040b5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d64436984fb8835a8b7e95993193cc478b162e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4325124dde6726267813c736fee61226f1d38f0b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/609a7119bffe3ddd7c93f2fa65be8917e02a0b7e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2d3a7009e505e120805f449c832942660f3f7f3

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SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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