Medium severity · published Feb 27, 2025
CVE-2025-21776
USB: hub: Ignore non-compliant devices with too many configs or interfaces
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: hub: Ignore non-compliant devices with too many configs or interfaces
Robert Morris created a test program which can cause
usb_hub_to_struct_hub() to dereference a NULL or inappropriate
pointer:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
0xcccccccccccccccc: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI
CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 117 Comm: kworker/7:1 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-00017-gf44d154d6e3d #14
Hardware name: FreeBSD BHYVE/BHYVE, BIOS 14.0 10/17/2021
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:usb_hub_adjust_deviceremovable+0x78/0x110
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? die_addr+0x31/0x80
? exc_general_protection+0x1b4/0x3c0
? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30
? usb_hub_adjust_deviceremovable+0x78/0x110
hub_probe+0x7c7/0xab0
usb_probe_interface+0x14b/0x350
really_probe+0xd0/0x2d0
? __pfx___device_attach_driver+0x10/0x10
__driver_probe_device+0x6e/0x110
driver_probe_device+0x1a/0x90
__device_attach_driver+0x7e/0xc0
bus_for_each_drv+0x7f/0xd0
__device_attach+0xaa/0x1a0
bus_probe_device+0x8b/0xa0
device_add+0x62e/0x810
usb_set_configuration+0x65d/0x990
usb_generic_driver_probe+0x4b/0x70
usb_probe_device+0x36/0xd0
The cause of this error is that the device has two interfaces, and the
hub driver binds to interface 1 instead of interface 0, which is where
usb_hub_to_struct_hub() looks.
We can prevent the problem from occurring by refusing to accept hub
devices that violate the USB spec by having more than one
configuration or interface.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 6.1.129; 6.2 before 6.6.79; 6.7 before 6.12.16; 6.13 before 6.13.4; 6.14; 6.14 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
d2123fd9e1a56b8006986ed37e0aaf93ef0dd978 before 49f077106fa07919a6a6dda99bb490dd1d1a8218; d2123fd9e1a56b8006986ed37e0aaf93ef0dd978 before d343fe0fad5c1d689775f2dda24a85ce98e29566; d2123fd9e1a56b8006986ed37e0aaf93ef0dd978 before d3a67adb365cdfdac4620daf38a82e57ca45806c; d2123fd9e1a56b8006986ed37e0aaf93ef0dd978 before c3720b04df84b5459050ae4e03ec7d545652f897; d2123fd9e1a56b8006986ed37e0aaf93ef0dd978 before e905a0fca7bff0855d312c16f71e60e1773b393e; d2123fd9e1a56b8006986ed37e0aaf93ef0dd978 before 62d8f4c5454dd39aded4f343720d1c5a1803cfef; +3 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0; 0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21776
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21776
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2240fed37afbcdb5e8b627bc7ad986891100e05d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49f077106fa07919a6a6dda99bb490dd1d1a8218
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b9778e1fe715700993ce436c152dc3b7df0b490
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d8f4c5454dd39aded4f343720d1c5a1803cfef
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3720b04df84b5459050ae4e03ec7d545652f897
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d343fe0fad5c1d689775f2dda24a85ce98e29566
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