CVE-2023-53054

usb: dwc2: fix a devres leak in hw_enable upon suspend resume

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 2, 2025 at 03:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: dwc2: fix a devres leak in hw_enable upon suspend resume Each time the platform goes to low power, PM suspend / resume routines call: __dwc2_lowlevel_hw_enable -> devm_add_action_or_reset(). This adds a new devres each time. This may also happen at runtime, as dwc2_lowlevel_hw_enable() can be called from udc_start(). This can be seen with tracing: - echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/dev/devres_log/enable - go to low power - cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace A new "ADD" entry is found upon each low power cycle: ... devres_log: 49000000.usb-otg ADD 82a13bba devm_action_release (8 bytes) ... devres_log: 49000000.usb-otg ADD 49889daf devm_action_release (8 bytes) ... A second issue is addressed here: - regulator_bulk_enable() is called upon each PM cycle (suspend/resume). - regulator_bulk_disable() never gets called. So the reference count for these regulators constantly increase, by one upon each low power cycle, due to missing regulator_bulk_disable() call in __dwc2_lowlevel_hw_disable(). The original fix that introduced the devm_add_action_or_reset() call, fixed an issue during probe, that happens due to other errors in dwc2_driver_probe() -> dwc2_core_reset(). Then the probe fails without disabling regulators, when dr_mode == USB_DR_MODE_PERIPHERAL. Rather fix the error path: disable all the low level hardware in the error path, by using the "hsotg->ll_hw_enabled" flag. Checking dr_mode has been introduced to avoid a dual call to dwc2_lowlevel_hw_disable(). "ll_hw_enabled" should achieve the same (and is used currently in the remove() routine).

Affected

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

v ≥ 4.14.194v ≥ 4.19.140v ≥ 4.4.233v ≥ 4.9.233v ≥ 5.4.59v ≥ 5.7.16v ≥ 5.8.24.14.194 ≤ v < 4.154.19.140 ≤ v < 4.204.4.233 ≤ v < 4.54.9.233 ≤ v < 4.105.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1055.16 ≤ v < 6.1.225.4.59 ≤ v < 5.55.7.16 ≤ v < 5.85.8.2 ≤ v < 5.10.1775.8.2 ≤ v < 5.95.9 ≤ v < 5.10.1775.9 ≤ v < 5.15.1055.9 ≤ v < 6.1.225.9 ≤ v < 6.2.95.9 ≤ v < 6.36.2 ≤ v < 6.2.933a06f1300a79cfd461cea0268f05e969d4f34ec4.14.1944.19.1404.4.2334.9.2335.4.595.7.165.8.25.96.3 rc16.3 rc26.3 rc37d2a4749e1589295c69183f7d79d5b62664b34d688dcd13872b11bd60e6d4cb6317821e1d367e5248a8841b9f3eb1f46e3fc6d56a9b9299c53f4f86fb2c2b88b049684b89776036f9a03fcc2d1bb3c22c95e1f67b9a84479d1a6d2e9b123a1553af2a75ee7c4b79d70a70b4b7b0a04c640238a2ef0a7a8c8fa7fd9ba18533e9aa5f718a06de3deb522a4b587
Vendor states this is fixed in 1f01027c51eb16145e8e07fafea3ca07ef102d06 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6485fc381b6528b6f547ee1ff10bdbcbe31a6e4c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cba76e1fb896b573f09f51aa299223276a77bc90 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f747313249b74f323ddf841a9c8db14d989f296a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ffb8ab6f87bd28d700ab5c20d9d3a7e75067630d (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
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
Affected range stops below 4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.105 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f01027c51eb16145e8e07fafea3ca07ef102d06
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6485fc381b6528b6f547ee1ff10bdbcbe31a6e4c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cba76e1fb896b573f09f51aa299223276a77bc90
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f747313249b74f323ddf841a9c8db14d989f296a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb8ab6f87bd28d700ab5c20d9d3a7e75067630d

CVSS

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

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CWE
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