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CVE-2024-50269: usb: musb: sunxi: Fix accessing an released usb phy

7.8 CVSS

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: musb: sunxi: Fix accessing an released usb phy

Commit 6ed05c68cbca ("usb: musb: sunxi: Explicitly release USB PHY on
exit") will cause that usb phy @glue->xceiv is accessed after released.

1) register platform driver @sunxi_musb_driver
// get the usb phy @glue->xceiv
sunxi_musb_probe() -> devm_usb_get_phy().

2) register and unregister platform driver @musb_driver
musb_probe() -> sunxi_musb_init()
use the phy here
//the phy is released here
musb_remove() -> sunxi_musb_exit() -> devm_usb_put_phy()

3) register @musb_driver again
musb_probe() -> sunxi_musb_init()
use the phy here but the phy has been released at 2).
...

Fixed by reverting the commit, namely, removing devm_usb_put_phy()
from sunxi_musb_exit().

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50269

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.62% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

Timeline

2025-03-06 09:45:31 UTC
Tenable Plugins

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-50269
2025-05-04 10:40:22 UTC
CVE

usb: musb: sunxi: Fix accessing an released usb phy