CVE-2025-68288
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
usb: storage: Fix memory leak in USB bulk transport
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: storage: Fix memory leak in USB bulk transport A kernel memory leak was identified by the 'ioctl_sg01' test from Linux Test Project (LTP). The following bytes were mainly observed: 0x53425355. When USB storage devices incorrectly skip the data phase with status data, the code extracts/validates the CSW from the sg buffer, but fails to clear it afterwards. This leaves status protocol data in srb's transfer buffer, such as the US_BULK_CS_SIGN 'USBS' signature observed here. Thus, this can lead to USB protocols leaks to user space through SCSI generic (/dev/sg*) interfaces, such as the one seen here when the LTP test requested 512 KiB. Fix the leak by zeroing the CSW data in srb's transfer buffer immediately after the validation of devices that skip data phase. Note: Differently from CVE-2018-1000204, which fixed a big leak by zero- ing pages at allocation time, this leak occurs after allocation, when USB protocol data is written to already-allocated sg pages.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | affected | git | 83f0241959831586d9b6d47f6bd5d3dec8f43bf0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | affected | git | 4ba515dfff7eeca369ab85cdbb3f3b231c71720c | Unavailable | None listed |
| a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | affected | git | 467fec3cefbeb9e3ea80f457da9a5666a71ca0d0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | affected | git | cb1401b5bcc2feb5b038fc4b512e5968b016e05e | Unavailable | None listed |
| a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | affected | git | 0f18eac44c5668204bf6eebb01ddb369ac56932b | Unavailable | None listed |
| a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | affected | git | 5b815ddb3f5560fac35b16de3a2a22d5f81c5993 | Unavailable | None listed |
| a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | affected | git | 41e99fe2005182139b1058db71f0d241f8f0078c | Unavailable | None listed |
| 582802e7c617cfb07cc15f280c128e6decbc57b8 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 58b7ce6f9ef2367f86384b20458642945993b816 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 93314640426ddb6af618d0802e622f6fa771792c | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| ad2518320bc440ed3db072e2444a1bb226a9cf7a | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| d827bea2d18c07ba514f7d48cde49f90da9a1384 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 39169410574503c6e901de1aa6eac5108475e017 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3.16.58 | affected | semver | 3.17 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3.18.110 | affected | semver | 3.19 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.4.133 | affected | semver | 4.5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.9.103 | affected | semver | 4.10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.44 | affected | semver | 4.15 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.16.12 | affected | semver | 4.17 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.17 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.17 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.247 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.197 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.159 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.119 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.61 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.17.11 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.17.* | None listed |
| 6.18 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |