Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-53580
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: Gadget: core: Help prevent panic during UVC unconfigure
Avichal Rakesh reported a kernel panic that occurred when the UVC
gadget driver was removed from a gadget's configuration. The panic
involves a somewhat complicated interaction between the kernel driver
and a userspace component (as described in the Link tag below), but
the analysis did make one thing clear: The Gadget core should
accomodate gadget drivers calling usb_gadget_deactivate() as part of
their unbind procedure.
Currently this doesn't work. gadget_unbind_driver() calls
driver->unbind() while holding the udc->connect_lock mutex, and
usb_gadget_deactivate() attempts to acquire that mutex, which will
result in a deadlock.
The simple fix is for gadget_unbind_driver() to release the mutex when
invoking the ->unbind() callback. There is no particular reason for
it to be holding the mutex at that time, and the mutex isn't held
while the ->bind() callback is invoked. So we'll drop the mutex
before performing the unbind callback and reacquire it afterward.
We'll also add a couple of comments to usb_gadget_activate() and
usb_gadget_deactivate(). Because they run in process context they
must not be called from a gadget driver's ->disconnect() callback,
which (according to the kerneldoc for struct usb_gadget_driver in
include/linux/usb/gadget.h) may run in interrupt context. This may
help prevent similar bugs from arising in the future.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 0.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
Products affected by CVE-2023-53580
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.35
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.36
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.37
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.38
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.39
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.40
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.41
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.42
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.43
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.44
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.45
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5