CVE-2025-21838

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: core: flush gadget workqueue after device removal device_del() can lead to new work being scheduled in gadget->work workqueue. This is observed, for example, with the dwc3 driver with the following call stack: device_del() gadget_unbind_driver() usb_gadget_disconnect_locked() dwc3_gadget_pullup() dwc3_gadget_soft_disconnect() usb_gadget_set_state() schedule_work(&gadget->work) Move flush_work() after device_del() to ensure the workqueue is cleaned up.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f894448f3904d7ad66fecef8f01fe0172629e091

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3bc1a9a67ce33a2e761e6e7b7c2afc6cb9b7266

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97695b5a1b5467a4f91194db12160f56da445dfe

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/859cb45aefa6de823b2fa7f229fe6d9562c9f3b7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/399a45e5237ca14037120b1b895bd38a3b4492ea

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-07

Updated: 2025-03-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium