CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-38448
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-07-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: u_serial: Fix race condition in TTY wakeup
A race condition occurs when gs_start_io() calls either gs_start_rx() or
gs_start_tx(), as those functions briefly drop the port_lock for
usb_ep_queue(). This allows gs_close() and gserial_disconnect() to clear
port.tty and port_usb, respectively.
Use the null-safe TTY Port helper function to wake up TTY.
Example
CPU1: CPU2:
gserial_connect() // lock
gs_close() // await lock
gs_start_rx() // unlock
usb_ep_queue()
gs_close() // lock, reset port.tty and unlock
gs_start_rx() // lock
tty_wakeup() // NPE
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 5.4.296)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.240)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.189)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.146)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.99)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.39)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.15.7)
• linux linux kernel 6.16
• debian debian linux 11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18d58a467ccf011078352d91b4d6a0108c7318e8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5012673d49788f16bb4e375b002d7743eb642d9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abf3620cba68e0e51e5c21054ce4f925f75b3661 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c529c3730bd09115684644e26bf01ecbd7e2c2c9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6eb4a05af3d0ba3bc4e8159287722fb9abc6359 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c80a3a35c2e3488409de2d5376ef7e662a2bf5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d43657b59f36e88289a6066f15bc9a80df5014eb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee8d688e2ba558f3bb8ac225113740be5f335417 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory