CVE-2023-52886

USB: core: Fix race by not overwriting udev->descriptor in hub_port_init()

MEDIUM
6.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 16, 2024 at 09:40 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM6.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: core: Fix race by not overwriting udev->descriptor in hub_port_init() Syzbot reported an out-of-bounds read in sysfs.c:read_descriptors(): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in read_descriptors+0x263/0x280 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:883 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801e78b8c8 by task udevd/5011 CPU: 0 PID: 5011 Comm: udevd Not tainted 6.4.0-rc6-syzkaller-00195-g40f71e7cd3c6 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/27/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3c0 mm/kasan/report.c:351 print_report mm/kasan/report.c:462 [inline] kasan_report+0x11c/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:572 read_descriptors+0x263/0x280 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:883 ... Allocated by task 758: ... __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:966 [inline] __kmalloc+0x5e/0x190 mm/slab_common.c:979 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:563 [inline] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:680 [inline] usb_get_configuration+0x1f7/0x5170 drivers/usb/core/config.c:887 usb_enumerate_device drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2407 [inline] usb_new_device+0x12b0/0x19d0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2545 As analyzed by Khazhy Kumykov, the cause of this bug is a race between read_descriptors() and hub_port_init(): The first routine uses a field in udev->descriptor, not expecting it to change, while the second overwrites it. Prior to commit 45bf39f8df7f ("USB: core: Don't hold device lock while reading the "descriptors" sysfs file") this race couldn't occur, because the routines were mutually exclusive thanks to the device locking. Removing that locking from read_descriptors() exposed it to the race. The best way to fix the bug is to keep hub_port_init() from changing udev->descriptor once udev has been initialized and registered. Drivers expect the descriptors stored in the kernel to be immutable; we should not undermine this expectation. In fact, this change should have been made long ago. So now hub_port_init() will take an additional argument, specifying a buffer in which to store the device descriptor it reads. (If udev has not yet been initialized, the buffer pointer will be NULL and then hub_port_init() will store the device descriptor in udev as before.) This eliminates the data race responsible for the out-of-bounds read. The changes to hub_port_init() appear more extensive than they really are, because of indentation changes resulting from an attempt to avoid writing to other parts of the usb_device structure after it has been initialized. Similar changes should be made to the code that reads the BOS descriptor, but that can be handled in a separate patch later on. This patch is sufficient to fix the bug found by syzbot.

Affected

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

v ≥ 4.14.308v ≥ 4.19.275v ≥ 5.4.234v ≥ 6.2.24.14.308 ≤ v < 4.154.19.275 ≤ v < 4.205.10.171 ≤ v < 5.10.1955.15.97 ≤ v < 5.15.1325.4.234 ≤ v < 5.56.1.15 ≤ v < 6.1.536.2.2 ≤ v < 6.36.3 ≤ v < 6.4.166.3 ≤ v < 6.5.36.3 ≤ v < 6.66.5 ≤ v < 6.5.31bcb238c54a9c6dc4bded06b06ba7458a5eefa87218925bfd5d1436e337c4f961e9c149fbe32de6d4.14.3084.19.27545bf39f8df7f05efb83b302c65ae3b9bc92b70655.10.1715.15.975.4.2345f35b5d3bd6914c68f743741443dfd3a64b0e4556.1.156.2.26.36badaf880edf51a2da7a439699676394dfdef3e577358093331e9769855140bf94a3f00ecdcf4bb1a1e89c8b29d003a20ed2dae6bdae1598d1f23e42c87fb861ec185fdc578b4fdc6a05920b6a843840
Vendor states this is fixed in 7fe9d87996062f5eb0ca476ad0257f79bf43aaf5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8186596a663506b1124bede9fde6f243ef9f37ee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9d241c5d9a9b7ad95c90c6520272fe404d5ac88f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b4a074b1fb222164ed7d5c0b8c922dc4a0840848 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b9fbfb349eacc0820f91c797d7f0a3ac7a4935b5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.195 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.132 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)

References (6)

Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fe9d87996062f5eb0ca476ad0257f79bf43aaf5
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8186596a663506b1124bede9fde6f243ef9f37ee
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d241c5d9a9b7ad95c90c6520272fe404d5ac88f
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4a074b1fb222164ed7d5c0b8c922dc4a0840848
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9fbfb349eacc0820f91c797d7f0a3ac7a4935b5
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

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

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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