CVE-2025-68282 | usb: gadget: udc: fix use-after-free in usb_gadget_state_work

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: udc: fix use-after-free in usb_gadget_state_work A race condition during gadget teardown can lead to a use-after-free in usb_gadget_state_work(), as reported by KASAN: BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in sysfs_notify+0x2c/0xd0 Workqueue: events usb_gadget_state_work The fundamental race occurs because a concurrent event (e.g., an interrupt) can call usb_gadget_set_state() and schedule gadget->work at any time during the cleanup process in usb_del_gadget(). Commit 399a45e5237c ("usb: gadget: core: flush gadget workqueue after device removal") attempted to fix this by moving flush_work() to after device_del(). However, this does not fully solve the race, as a new work item can still be scheduled *after* flush_work() completes but before the gadget's memory is freed, leading to the same use-after-free. This patch fixes the race condition robustly by introducing a 'teardown' flag and a 'state_lock' spinlock to the usb_gadget struct. The flag is set during cleanup in usb_del_gadget() *before* calling flush_work() to prevent any new work from being scheduled once cleanup has commenced. The scheduling site, usb_gadget_set_state(), now checks this flag under the lock before queueing the work, thus safely closing the race window.

Published: 2025-12-16 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68282 is rated Low Risk (7/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68282

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.17% +0.11%
2 2026-01-20 0.02% 0.06% +0.04%
3 2025-12-17 0.02%

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OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68282

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-68282 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68282
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68282
suse medium CVE-2025-68282 severity moderate: SUSE including 4 source package names (kernel-default, kernel-default-base, kernel-default-devel, kernel-source), 6 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE): Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68282/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68282 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 182, released 160, needed 49, pending 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68282

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68282

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References for CVE-2025-68282

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