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"dateReserved": "2025-04-16T07:20:57.163Z",
"datePublished": "2025-10-30T09:48:00.807Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:07:44.429Z"
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: f_ecm: Refactor bind path to use __free()\n\nAfter an bind/unbind cycle, the ecm->notify_req is left stale. If a\nsubsequent bind fails, the unified error label attempts to free this\nstale request, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing\nep->ops->free_request.\n\nRefactor the error handling in the bind path to use the __free()\nautomatic cleanup mechanism."
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"value": "AV:L - The entire bind/unbind/re-bind sequence that creates and then dereferences the stale `ecm->notify_req` is driven by local writes to `/sys/kernel/config/usb_gadget/<g>/UDC` and the function/config symlinks; no USB host traffic, cable event, or physical port access is required, so the bug is reachable purely through local filesystem/syscall access.\nAC:L - The attacker deterministically controls every step — the successful first bind, the unbind that leaves `ecm->notify_req`/`ecm->notify` dangling, and the forced failure of the next bind by exhausting `usb_interface_id()` (MAX_CONFIG_INTERFACES) or `usb_ep_autoconfig()` via extra functions linked into the config between cycles — plus the heap spray that reclaims the freed `usb_request`. No race or condition outside attacker control is involved.\nPR:L - `gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store()` and `ecm_bind()` perform no capability check at all; access is gated only by configfs file permissions, and on Android and embedded/industrial deployments the USB gadget configfs tree is routinely delegated to non-root system/daemon accounts that switch tethering (ECM/NCM/RNDIS) functions.\nUI:N - The attacker performs all configfs writes itself; no victim action, cable plug event, or interaction with another user is needed to reach the stale free.\nS:U - The dangling-pointer free and subsequent heap corruption stay within the kernel's own security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - `kfree(ecm->notify_req->buf)` reads a pointer out of the reclaimed `struct dummy_request`/`dwc3_request` slab and `usb_ep_free_request()` reads `ep->ops` out of a potentially freed `struct usb_ep`, so an attacker who grooms those generic kmalloc caches gains object-overlap and arbitrary-free primitives readily converted into kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - `kfree()` of an attacker-controlled pointer read from the freed request, a double free of the `usb_request` itself, and an indirect call through a reclaimable `ep->ops` table together yield classic heap-corruption primitives leading to arbitrary write and privilege escalation.\nA:H - The directly observed effect is a kernel oops — NULL/garbage `ep->ops` dereference in `usb_ep_free_request()` — and the double free independently causes slab corruption and panic, which an unprivileged holder of the configfs tree can trigger repeatedly."
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