In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: xhci: Don't skip on Stopped - Length Invalid
Up until commit d56b0b2ab142 ("usb: xhci: ensure skipped isoc TDs are
returned when isoc ring is stopped") in v6.11, the driver didn't skip
missed isochronous TDs when handling Stoppend and Stopped - Length
Invalid events. Instead, it erroneously cleared the skip flag, which
would cause the ring to get stuck, as future events won't match the
missed TD which is never removed from the queue until it's cancelled.
This buggy logic seems to have been in place substantially unchanged
since the 3.x series over 10 years ago, which probably speaks first
and foremost about relative rarity of this case in normal usage, but
by the spec I see no reason why it shouldn't be possible.
After d56b0b2ab142, TDs are immediately skipped when handling those
Stopped events. This poses a potential problem in case of Stopped -
Length Invalid, which occurs either on completed TDs (likely already
given back) or Link and No-Op TRBs. Such event won't be recognized
as matching any TD (unless it's the rare Link TRB inside a TD) and
will result in skipping all pending TDs, giving them back possibly
before they are done, risking isoc data loss and maybe UAF by HW.
As a compromise, don't skip and don't clear the skip flag on this
kind of event. Then the next event will skip missed TDs. A downside
of not handling Stopped - Length Invalid on a Link inside a TD is
that if the TD is cancelled, its actual length will not be updated
to account for TRBs (silently) completed before the TD was stopped.
I had no luck producing this sequence of completion events so there
is no compelling demonstration of any resulting disaster. It may be
a very rare, obscure condition. The sole motivation for this patch
is that if such unlikely event does occur, I'd rather risk reporting
a cancelled partially done isoc frame as empty than gamble with UAF.
This will be fixed more properly by looking at Stopped event's TRB
pointer when making skipping decisions, but such rework is unlikely
to be backported to v6.12, which will stay around for a few years.
                
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                    28 Oct 2025, 18:53
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| CWE | CWE-416 | |
| First Time | Linux linux Kernel Linux | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8 | 
| Summary | 
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49cf6f5293aeb706dd672608478336a003f37df6 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58d0a3fab5f4fdc112c16a4c6d382f62097afd1c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6af20ac254cbd0e1178a3542767c9308e209eee5 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9e78167f760a699806793d7c987239e4f6c8c3 - Patch | 
16 Apr 2025, 11:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| New CVE | 
Information
                Published : 2025-04-16 11:15
Updated : 2025-10-28 18:53
NVD link : CVE-2025-22023
Mitre link : CVE-2025-22023
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-22023
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CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-416
                        
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