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CVE-2025-68781

Low risk· EPSS 9%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in the fsl-usb USB PHY driver related to delayed work during device removal. A race condition occurs when the fsl_otg instance is freed while the delayed work is still pending or executing, leading to access to already freed memory.

Risk Assessment

Risk of system crash, malfunction, or potential privilege escalation due to the use-after-free bug.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that adds a call to disable_delayed_work_sync() in fsl_otg_remove() before deallocating the fsl_otg structure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: phy: fsl-usb: Fix use-after-free in delayed work during device removal The delayed work item otg_event is initialized in fsl_otg_conf() and scheduled under two conditions: 1. When a host controller binds to the OTG controller. 2. When the USB ID pin state changes (cable insertion/removal). A race condition occurs when the device is removed via fsl_otg_remove(): the fsl_otg instance may be freed while the delayed work is still pending or executing. This leads to use-after-free when the work function fsl_otg_event() accesses the already freed memory. The problematic scenario: (detach thread) | (delayed work) fsl_otg_remove() | kfree(fsl_otg_dev) //FREE| fsl_otg_event() | og = container_of(...) //USE | og-> //USE Fix this by calling disable_delayed_work_sync() in fsl_otg_remove() before deallocating the fsl_otg structure. This ensures the delayed work is properly canceled and completes execution prior to memory deallocation. This bug was identified through static analysis.

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