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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 14, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 14, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: dwc2: gadget: don't reset gadget's driver->bus

UDC driver should not touch gadget's driver internals, especially it
should not reset driver->bus. This wasn't harmful so far, but since
commit fc274c1e9973 ("USB: gadget: Add a new bus for gadgets") gadget
subsystem got it's own bus and messing with ->bus triggers the
following NULL pointer dereference:

dwc2 12480000.hsotg: bound driver g_ether
8<--- cut here ---
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
[00000000] *pgd=00000000
Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM
Modules linked in: ...
CPU: 0 PID: 620 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 5.18.0-rc5-next-20220504 #11862
Hardware name: Samsung Exynos (Flattened Device Tree)
PC is at module_add_driver+0x44/0xe8
LR is at sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x84/0xe0
...
Process modprobe (pid: 620, stack limit = 0x(ptrval))
...
module_add_driver from bus_add_driver+0xf4/0x1e4
bus_add_driver from driver_register+0x78/0x10c
driver_register from usb_gadget_register_driver_owner+0x40/0xb4
usb_gadget_register_driver_owner from do_one_initcall+0x44/0x1e0
do_one_initcall from do_init_module+0x44/0x1c8
do_init_module from load_module+0x19b8/0x1b9c
load_module from sys_finit_module+0xdc/0xfc
sys_finit_module from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54
Exception stack(0xf1771fa8 to 0xf1771ff0)
...
dwc2 12480000.hsotg: new device is high-speed
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Fix this by removing driver->bus entry reset.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 26, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 14, 2025
Last updated Apr 14, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(4th percentile)

Weaknesses

NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-49299

GHSA ID

GHSA-rxg6-f53c-h5x3

Source code

No known source code

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