GHSA-Q6H7-HVHW-M2P9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:33
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: atm: cxacru: fix a flaw in existing endpoint checks

Syzbot once again identified a flaw in usb endpoint checking, see [1]. This time the issue stems from a commit authored by me (2eabb655a968 ("usb: atm: cxacru: fix endpoint checking in cxacru_bind()")).

While using usb_find_common_endpoints() may usually be enough to discard devices with wrong endpoints, in this case one needs more than just finding and identifying the sufficient number of endpoints of correct types - one needs to check the endpoint's address as well.

Since cxacru_bind() fills URBs with CXACRU_EP_CMD address in mind, switch the endpoint verification approach to usb_check_XXX_endpoints() instead to fix incomplete ep testing.

[1] Syzbot report: usb 5-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1378 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504 usb_submit_urb+0xc4e/0x18c0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:503 ... RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xc4e/0x18c0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:503 ... Call Trace: cxacru_cm+0x3c8/0xe50 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:649 cxacru_card_status drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:760 [inline] cxacru_bind+0xcf9/0x1150 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:1223 usbatm_usb_probe+0x314/0x1d30 drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c:1058 cxacru_usb_probe+0x184/0x220 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:1377 usb_probe_interface+0x641/0xbb0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 really_probe+0x2b9/0xad0 drivers/base/dd.c:658 __driver_probe_device+0x1a2/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:800 driver_probe_device+0x50/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:830 ...

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-21916"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-04-01T16:15:22Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: atm: cxacru: fix a flaw in existing endpoint checks\n\nSyzbot once again identified a flaw in usb endpoint checking, see [1].\nThis time the issue stems from a commit authored by me (2eabb655a968\n(\"usb: atm: cxacru: fix endpoint checking in cxacru_bind()\")).\n\nWhile using usb_find_common_endpoints() may usually be enough to\ndiscard devices with wrong endpoints, in this case one needs more\nthan just finding and identifying the sufficient number of endpoints\nof correct types - one needs to check the endpoint\u0027s address as well.\n\nSince cxacru_bind() fills URBs with CXACRU_EP_CMD address in mind,\nswitch the endpoint verification approach to usb_check_XXX_endpoints()\ninstead to fix incomplete ep testing.\n\n[1] Syzbot report:\nusb 5-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1378 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504 usb_submit_urb+0xc4e/0x18c0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:503\n...\nRIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xc4e/0x18c0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:503\n...\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n cxacru_cm+0x3c8/0xe50 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:649\n cxacru_card_status drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:760 [inline]\n cxacru_bind+0xcf9/0x1150 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:1223\n usbatm_usb_probe+0x314/0x1d30 drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c:1058\n cxacru_usb_probe+0x184/0x220 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:1377\n usb_probe_interface+0x641/0xbb0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396\n really_probe+0x2b9/0xad0 drivers/base/dd.c:658\n __driver_probe_device+0x1a2/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:800\n driver_probe_device+0x50/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:830\n...",
  "id": "GHSA-q6h7-hvhw-m2p9",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:33:22Z",
  "published": "2025-04-01T18:30:51Z",
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