usb: dwc2: fix possible NULL pointer dereference caused by driver concurrency
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: dwc2: fix possible NULL pointer dereference caused by driver concurrency In _dwc2_hcd_urb_enqueue(), "urb->hcpriv = NULL" is executed without holding the lock "hsotg->lock". In _dwc2_hcd_urb_dequeue(): spin_lock_irqsave(&hsotg->lock, flags); ... if (!urb->hcpriv) { dev_dbg(hsotg->dev, "## urb->hcpriv is NULL ##\n"); goto out; } rc = dwc2_hcd_urb_dequeue(hsotg, urb->hcpriv); // Use urb->hcpriv ... out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hsotg->lock, flags); When _dwc2_hcd_urb_enqueue() and _dwc2_hcd_urb_dequeue() are concurrently executed, the NULL check of "urb->hcpriv" can be executed before "urb->hcpriv = NULL". After urb->hcpriv is NULL, it can be used in the function call to dwc2_hcd_urb_dequeue(), which can cause a NULL pointer dereference. This possible bug is found by an experimental static analysis tool developed by myself. This tool analyzes the locking APIs to extract function pairs that can be concurrently executed, and then analyzes the instructions in the paired functions to identify possible concurrency bugs including data races and atomicity violations. The above possible bug is reported, when my tool analyzes the source code of Linux 6.5. To fix this possible bug, "urb->hcpriv = NULL" should be executed with holding the lock "hsotg->lock". After using this patch, my tool never reports the possible bug, with the kernelconfiguration allyesconfig for x86_64. Because I have no associated hardware, I cannot test the patch in runtime testing, and just verify it according to the code logic.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.2 and later | 4.14.330, 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2, 6.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.2 and later Fixed in 4.14.330, 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2, 6.7 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2 to before 4.14.330; 4.15 to before 4.19.299; 4.20 to before 5.4.261; 5.5 to before 5.10.201; 5.11 to before 5.15.139; 5.16 to before 6.1.63; 6.2 to before 6.5.12; 6.6 to before 6.6.2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 to before 4.14.330; 4.15 to before 4.19.299; 4.20 to before 5.4.261; 5.5 to before 5.10.201; 5.11 to before 5.15.139; 5.16 to before 6.1.63; 6.2 to before 6.5.12; 6.6 to before 6.6.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.14.330, 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2, 6.7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52855
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5c84-c56q-jq6c
References
Patch 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14c9ec34e8118fbffd7f5431814d767726323e72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fed492aa6493a91a77ebd51da6fb939c98d94a0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c47749fc7507ed732e155c958253968c1d275e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb3dd4096302d6b87441fdc528439f171b04be6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcaafb574fc88a52dce817f039f7ff2f9da38001
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b21a22728852d020a6658d39cd7bb7e14b07790
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e851a77a13ce944d703721793f49ee82622986d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7bee9598afb38004841a41dd8fe68c1faff4e90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef307bc6ef04e8c1ea843231db58e3afaafa9fa6
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Sources
- CVE-2023-52855 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-52855 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5c84-c56q-jq6c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-52855 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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