Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49980USB: gadget: Fix use-after-free Read in usb_udc_uevent()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: Fix use-after-free Read in usb_udc_uevent() The syzbot fuzzer found a race between uevent callbacks and gadget driver unregistration that can cause a use-after-free bug: --------------------------------------------------------------- BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in usb_udc_uevent+0x11f/0x130 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1732 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888078ce2050 by task udevd/2968 CPU: 1 PID: 2968 Comm: udevd Not tainted 5.19.0-rc4-next-20220628-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/29/2022 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline] print_report.cold+0x2ba/0x719 mm/kasan/report.c:433 kasan_report+0xbe/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:495 usb_udc_uevent+0x11f/0x130 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1732 dev_uevent+0x290/0x770 drivers/base/core.c:2424 --------------------------------------------------------------- The bug occurs because usb_udc_uevent() dereferences udc->driver but does so without acquiring the udc_lock mutex, which protects this field. If the gadget driver is unbound from the udc concurrently with uevent processing, the driver structure may be accessed after it has been deallocated. To prevent the race, we make sure that the routine holds the mutex around the racing accesses.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.19.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49980
Debian:13linux5.19.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49980
Debian:14linux5.19.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 2ccea03a8f7ec93641791f2760d7cdc6cab6205f – before f44b0b95d50fffeca036e1ba36770390e0b519dd2ccea03a8f7ec93641791f2760d7cdc6cab6205f – before 2191c00855b03aa59c20e698be713d952d51fc18
Linux Linux 3.1

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