HIGH
usb DMA Cleanup
CVE-2026-43250
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
KernelScan AI5.7MEDIUM
01Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: chipidea: udc: fix DMA and SG cleanup in _ep_nuke() The ChipIdea UDC driver can encounter "not page aligned sg buffer" errors when a USB device is reconnected after being disconnected during an active transfer. This occurs because _ep_nuke() returns requests to the gadget layer without properly unmapping DMA buffers or cleaning up scatter-gather bounce buffers. Root cause: When a disconnect happens during a multi-segment DMA transfer, the request's num_mapped_sgs field and sgt.sgl pointer remain set with stale values. The request is returned to the gadget driver with status -ESHUTDOWN but still has active DMA state. If the gadget driver reuses this request on reconnect without reinitializing it, the stale DMA state causes _hardware_enqueue() to skip DMA mapping (seeing non-zero num_mapped_sgs) and attempt to use freed/invalid DMA addresses, leading to alignment errors and potential memory corruption. The normal completion path via _hardware_dequeue() properly calls usb_gadget_unmap_request_by_dev() and sglist_do_debounce() before returning the request. The _ep_nuke() path must do the same cleanup to ensure requests are returned in a clean, reusable state. Fix: Add DMA unmapping and bounce buffer cleanup to _ep_nuke() to mirror the cleanup sequence in _hardware_dequeue(): - Call usb_gadget_unmap_request_by_dev() if num_mapped_sgs is set - Call sglist_do_debounce() with copy=false if bounce buffer exists This ensures that when requests are returned due to endpoint shutdown, they don't retain stale DMA mappings. The 'false' parameter to sglist_do_debounce() prevents copying data back (appropriate for shutdown path where transfer was aborted).
02KernelScan AI Analysis
Risk summary
Systems with ChipIdea USB device controllers are vulnerable to memory corruption when USB devices are disconnected during active transfers. The vulnerability requires physical access to USB ports and precise timing but can lead to kernel crashes and potential arbitrary code execution through memory corruption.
Vulnerability analysis
The ChipIdea UDC driver's _ep_nuke() function fails to properly clean up DMA mappings and scatter-gather bounce buffers when returning requests due to endpoint shutdown. This leaves requests with stale DMA state that causes memory corruption when reused after reconnection. The fix adds proper DMA unmapping and bounce buffer cleanup to mirror the normal completion path, ensuring requests are returned in a clean state. Attack requires physical USB access and timing of disconnect during active transfers.
03Fix Versions
| Branch | Fixed in | Patch commit |
|---|---|---|
| 6.12 | 6.12.75 | 1b72b834511d |
| 6.18 | 6.18.16 | f4fbf2d4750d |
| 6.19 | 6.19.6 | e74c436f8568 |
| mainline | 7.0 | cea2a1257a3b |