usb: xhci: Fix invalid pointer dereference in Etron workaround (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.20 % · percentile 10 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci: Fix invalid pointer dereference in Etron workaround This check is performed before prepare_transfer() and prepare_ring(), so enqueue can already point at the final link TRB of a segment. And indeed it will, some 0.4% of times this code is called. Then enqueue + 1 is an invalid pointer. It will crash the kernel right away or load some junk which may look like a link TRB and cause the real link TRB to be replaced with a NOOP. This wouldn't end well. Use a functionally equivalent test which doesn't dereference the pointer and always gives correct result. Something has crashed my machine twice in recent days while playing with an Etron HC, and a control transfer stress test ran for confirmation has just crashed it again. The same test passes with this patch applied.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-13979
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-37813
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0369 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0247 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0246 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0227 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0225 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0194 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0170 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0169 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0607 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0589 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0587 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0559 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.6.66 < 6.6.89cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.11.11 < 6.12cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.12.2 < 6.12.26cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.14.5cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected fbc0a0c7718a6cb1dc5e0811a4f88a2b1deedfa1 < 142273a49f2c315eabdbdf5a71c15e479b75ca91 ; affected 9258c9ed32294ce3a4b58c9d92fc49ba030d35c9 < bce3055b08e303e28a8751f6073066f5c33a0744 ; affected 5e1c67abc9301d05130b7e267c204e7005503b33 < 0624e29c595b05e7a0e6d1c368f0a05799928e30 ; affected 5e1c67abc9301d05130b7e267c204e7005503b33 < 1ea050da5562af9b930d17cbbe9632d30f5df43a ; affected 4725344ca645a98a9d8e45e25b01a2244de5b8aa ; affected 6.6.66 < 6.6.89 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.13 ; unaffected 0 < 6.13 ; unaffected 6.6.89 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.26 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.14.5 ≤ 6.14.* ; unaffected 6.15 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |