Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2024· Updated May 21, 2025
xhci: Fix null pointer dereference when host dies
CVE-2023-52898
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xhci: Fix null pointer dereference when host dies
Make sure xhci_free_dev() and xhci_kill_endpoint_urbs() do not race and cause null pointer dereference when host suddenly dies.
Usb core may call xhci_free_dev() which frees the xhci->devs[slot_id] virt device at the same time that xhci_kill_endpoint_urbs() tries to loop through all the device's endpoints, checking if there are any cancelled urbs left to give back.
hold the xhci spinlock while freeing the virt device
Affected products
105- osv-coords104 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Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/081105213ff6f661c114781d469233c7d0e09c2emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/133b902378e4acbd824c29dd0d48570ad596e368mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fac4b5cecb3928a0a81069aaa815a2edc8dd5a1mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2bc47c43e70cf904b1af49f76d572326c08bca7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c462ac871f49753eca86bb960f573b993976a5eamitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2ee5e9991caf74e0604f994c1831a5867055b2mitre
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