CVE-2023-53693 (GCVE-0-2023-53693)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-22 13:23 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
USB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver
Currently, increasing raw_dev->count happens before invoke the
raw_queue_event(), if the raw_queue_event() return error, invoke
raw_release() will not trigger the dev_free() to be called.
[ 268.905865][ T5067] raw-gadget.0 gadget.0: failed to queue event
[ 268.912053][ T5067] udc dummy_udc.0: failed to start USB Raw Gadget: -12
[ 268.918885][ T5067] raw-gadget.0: probe of gadget.0 failed with error -12
[ 268.925956][ T5067] UDC core: USB Raw Gadget: couldn't find an available UDC or it's busy
[ 268.934657][ T5067] misc raw-gadget: fail, usb_gadget_register_driver returned -16
BUG: memory leak
[<ffffffff8154bf94>] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] dev_new drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:191 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] raw_open+0x45/0x110 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:385
[<ffffffff827d1d09>] misc_open+0x1a9/0x1f0 drivers/char/misc.c:165
[<ffffffff8154bf94>] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076
[<ffffffff8347cd2f>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347cd2f>] raw_ioctl_init+0xdf/0x410 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:460
[<ffffffff8347dfe9>] raw_ioctl+0x5f9/0x1120 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:1250
[<ffffffff81685173>] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
[<ffffffff8154bf94>] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076
[<ffffffff833ecc6a>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]
[<ffffffff833ecc6a>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]
[<ffffffff833ecc6a>] dummy_alloc_request+0x5a/0xe0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:665
[<ffffffff833e9132>] usb_ep_alloc_request+0x22/0xd0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:196
[<ffffffff8347f13d>] gadget_bind+0x6d/0x370 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:292
This commit therefore invoke kref_get() under the condition that
raw_queue_event() return success.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10 , < 68e6287ac61dc22513cd39f02b9ac1fef28513e4
(git)
Affected: f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10 , < 0f7a2b567197798da7bfa2252f4485c0ca6c6266 (git) Affected: f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10 , < de77000c1923d7942f9b4f08447c8feeae1c0f33 (git) Affected: f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10 , < 9934e5d07c0dc294169a7d52f6309f35cd6d7755 (git) Affected: f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10 , < 83e30f2bf86ef7c38fbd476ed81a88522b620628 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.7 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.190 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.124 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.43 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4.8 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
{
"containers": {
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "68e6287ac61dc22513cd39f02b9ac1fef28513e4",
"status": "affected",
"version": "f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "0f7a2b567197798da7bfa2252f4485c0ca6c6266",
"status": "affected",
"version": "f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "de77000c1923d7942f9b4f08447c8feeae1c0f33",
"status": "affected",
"version": "f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "9934e5d07c0dc294169a7d52f6309f35cd6d7755",
"status": "affected",
"version": "f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "83e30f2bf86ef7c38fbd476ed81a88522b620628",
"status": "affected",
"version": "f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "5.7"
},
{
"lessThan": "5.7",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.190",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.124",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.43",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.4.8",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.5",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"cpeApplicability": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "5.10.190",
"versionStartIncluding": "5.7",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "5.15.124",
"versionStartIncluding": "5.7",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "6.1.43",
"versionStartIncluding": "5.7",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "6.4.8",
"versionStartIncluding": "5.7",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "6.5",
"versionStartIncluding": "5.7",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver\n\nCurrently, increasing raw_dev-\u003ecount happens before invoke the\nraw_queue_event(), if the raw_queue_event() return error, invoke\nraw_release() will not trigger the dev_free() to be called.\n\n[ 268.905865][ T5067] raw-gadget.0 gadget.0: failed to queue event\n[ 268.912053][ T5067] udc dummy_udc.0: failed to start USB Raw Gadget: -12\n[ 268.918885][ T5067] raw-gadget.0: probe of gadget.0 failed with error -12\n[ 268.925956][ T5067] UDC core: USB Raw Gadget: couldn\u0027t find an available UDC or it\u0027s busy\n[ 268.934657][ T5067] misc raw-gadget: fail, usb_gadget_register_driver returned -16\n\nBUG: memory leak\n\n[\u003cffffffff8154bf94\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] dev_new drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:191 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] raw_open+0x45/0x110 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:385\n[\u003cffffffff827d1d09\u003e] misc_open+0x1a9/0x1f0 drivers/char/misc.c:165\n\n[\u003cffffffff8154bf94\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076\n[\u003cffffffff8347cd2f\u003e] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8347cd2f\u003e] raw_ioctl_init+0xdf/0x410 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:460\n[\u003cffffffff8347dfe9\u003e] raw_ioctl+0x5f9/0x1120 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:1250\n[\u003cffffffff81685173\u003e] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n\n[\u003cffffffff8154bf94\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076\n[\u003cffffffff833ecc6a\u003e] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff833ecc6a\u003e] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff833ecc6a\u003e] dummy_alloc_request+0x5a/0xe0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:665\n[\u003cffffffff833e9132\u003e] usb_ep_alloc_request+0x22/0xd0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:196\n[\u003cffffffff8347f13d\u003e] gadget_bind+0x6d/0x370 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:292\n\nThis commit therefore invoke kref_get() under the condition that\nraw_queue_event() return success."
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:50:01.014Z",
"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"shortName": "Linux"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e6287ac61dc22513cd39f02b9ac1fef28513e4"
},
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f7a2b567197798da7bfa2252f4485c0ca6c6266"
},
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de77000c1923d7942f9b4f08447c8feeae1c0f33"
},
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9934e5d07c0dc294169a7d52f6309f35cd6d7755"
},
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e30f2bf86ef7c38fbd476ed81a88522b620628"
}
],
"title": "USB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver",
"x_generator": {
"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"assignerShortName": "Linux",
"cveId": "CVE-2023-53693",
"datePublished": "2025-10-22T13:23:35.280Z",
"dateReserved": "2025-10-22T13:21:37.344Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:50:01.014Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2",
"vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
"epss": {
"cve": "CVE-2023-53693",
"date": "2026-09-13",
"epss": "0.00199",
"percentile": "0.0987"
},
"nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2023-53693\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"published\":\"2025-10-22T14:15:43.787\",\"lastModified\":\"2026-06-17T06:45:53.960\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Deferred\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\\n\\nUSB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver\\n\\nCurrently, increasing raw_dev-\u003ecount happens before invoke the\\nraw_queue_event(), if the raw_queue_event() return error, invoke\\nraw_release() will not trigger the dev_free() to be called.\\n\\n[ 268.905865][ T5067] raw-gadget.0 gadget.0: failed to queue event\\n[ 268.912053][ T5067] udc dummy_udc.0: failed to start USB Raw Gadget: -12\\n[ 268.918885][ T5067] raw-gadget.0: probe of gadget.0 failed with error -12\\n[ 268.925956][ T5067] UDC core: USB Raw Gadget: couldn\u0027t find an available UDC or it\u0027s busy\\n[ 268.934657][ T5067] misc raw-gadget: fail, usb_gadget_register_driver returned -16\\n\\nBUG: memory leak\\n\\n[\u003cffffffff8154bf94\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076\\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]\\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]\\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] dev_new drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:191 [inline]\\n[\u003cffffffff8347eb55\u003e] raw_open+0x45/0x110 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:385\\n[\u003cffffffff827d1d09\u003e] misc_open+0x1a9/0x1f0 drivers/char/misc.c:165\\n\\n[\u003cffffffff8154bf94\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076\\n[\u003cffffffff8347cd2f\u003e] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]\\n[\u003cffffffff8347cd2f\u003e] raw_ioctl_init+0xdf/0x410 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:460\\n[\u003cffffffff8347dfe9\u003e] raw_ioctl+0x5f9/0x1120 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:1250\\n[\u003cffffffff81685173\u003e] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\\n\\n[\u003cffffffff8154bf94\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076\\n[\u003cffffffff833ecc6a\u003e] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]\\n[\u003cffffffff833ecc6a\u003e] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]\\n[\u003cffffffff833ecc6a\u003e] dummy_alloc_request+0x5a/0xe0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:665\\n[\u003cffffffff833e9132\u003e] usb_ep_alloc_request+0x22/0xd0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:196\\n[\u003cffffffff8347f13d\u003e] gadget_bind+0x6d/0x370 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:292\\n\\nThis commit therefore invoke kref_get() under the condition that\\nraw_queue_event() return success.\"}],\"affected\":[{\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"affectedData\":[{\"vendor\":\"Linux\",\"product\":\"Linux\",\"defaultStatus\":\"unaffected\",\"programFiles\":[\"drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c\"],\"repo\":\"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10\",\"lessThan\":\"68e6287ac61dc22513cd39f02b9ac1fef28513e4\",\"versionType\":\"git\",\"status\":\"affected\"},{\"version\":\"f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10\",\"lessThan\":\"0f7a2b567197798da7bfa2252f4485c0ca6c6266\",\"versionType\":\"git\",\"status\":\"affected\"},{\"version\":\"f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10\",\"lessThan\":\"de77000c1923d7942f9b4f08447c8feeae1c0f33\",\"versionType\":\"git\",\"status\":\"affected\"},{\"version\":\"f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10\",\"lessThan\":\"9934e5d07c0dc294169a7d52f6309f35cd6d7755\",\"versionType\":\"git\",\"status\":\"affected\"},{\"version\":\"f2c2e717642c66f7fe7e5dd69b2e8ff5849f4d10\",\"lessThan\":\"83e30f2bf86ef7c38fbd476ed81a88522b620628\",\"versionType\":\"git\",\"status\":\"affected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Linux\",\"product\":\"Linux\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"programFiles\":[\"drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c\"],\"repo\":\"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"5.7\",\"status\":\"affected\"},{\"version\":\"0\",\"lessThan\":\"5.7\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"},{\"version\":\"5.10.190\",\"lessThanOrEqual\":\"5.10.*\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"},{\"version\":\"5.15.124\",\"lessThanOrEqual\":\"5.15.*\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"},{\"version\":\"6.1.43\",\"lessThanOrEqual\":\"6.1.*\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"},{\"version\":\"6.4.8\",\"lessThanOrEqual\":\"6.4.*\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"},{\"version\":\"6.5\",\"lessThanOrEqual\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"original_commit_for_fix\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]}]}],\"metrics\":{},\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f7a2b567197798da7bfa2252f4485c0ca6c6266\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e6287ac61dc22513cd39f02b9ac1fef28513e4\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e30f2bf86ef7c38fbd476ed81a88522b620628\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9934e5d07c0dc294169a7d52f6309f35cd6d7755\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de77000c1923d7942f9b4f08447c8feeae1c0f33\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"}]}}",
"redhat_vex": {
"aggregate_severity": "None",
"current_release_date": "2026-06-30T10:16:49+00:00",
"cve": "CVE-2023-53693",
"id": "CVE-2023-53693",
"initial_release_date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:known_not_affected": "274",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "kernel: USB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-53693.json",
"version": "3"
}
}
}
Loading…
Loading…
Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Loading…
The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Loading…
Loading…