usb: storage: Fix memory leak in USB bulk transport (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: storage: Fix memory leak in USB bulk transport A kernel memory leak was identified by the 'ioctl_sg01' test from Linux Test Project (LTP). The following bytes were mainly observed: 0x53425355. When USB storage devices incorrectly skip the data phase with status data, the code extracts/validates the CSW from the sg buffer, but fails to clear it afterwards. This leaves status protocol data in srb's transfer buffer, such as the US_BULK_CS_SIGN 'USBS' signature observed here. Thus, this can lead to USB protocols leaks to user space through SCSI generic (/dev/sg*) interfaces, such as the one seen here when the LTP test requested 512 KiB. Fix the leak by zeroing the CSW data in srb's transfer buffer immediately after the validation of devices that skip data phase. Note: Differently from CVE-2018-1000204, which fixed a big leak by zero- ing pages at allocation time, this leak occurs after allocation, when USB protocol data is written to already-allocated sg pages.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f0241959831586d9b6d47f6bd5d3dec8f43bf0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ba515dfff7eeca369ab85cdbb3f3b231c71720c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467fec3cefbeb9e3ea80f457da9a5666a71ca0d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1401b5bcc2feb5b038fc4b512e5968b016e05e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f18eac44c5668204bf6eebb01ddb369ac56932b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b815ddb3f5560fac35b16de3a2a22d5f81c5993
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41e99fe2005182139b1058db71f0d241f8f0078c
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-203792
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-68288
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0602 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0545 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0453 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0421 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0397 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0371 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0331 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0326 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0316 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0057 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 < 83f0241959831586d9b6d47f6bd5d3dec8f43bf0 ; affected a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 < 4ba515dfff7eeca369ab85cdbb3f3b231c71720c ; affected a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 < 467fec3cefbeb9e3ea80f457da9a5666a71ca0d0 ; affected a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 < cb1401b5bcc2feb5b038fc4b512e5968b016e05e ; affected a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 < 0f18eac44c5668204bf6eebb01ddb369ac56932b ; affected a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 < 5b815ddb3f5560fac35b16de3a2a22d5f81c5993 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.17 ; unaffected 0 < 4.17 ; unaffected 5.10.247 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.197 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.159 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.119 ≤ 6.6.* |
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 |