CVE-2022-49398: usb: dwc3: gadget: Replace list_for_each_entry_safe() if using giveback
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 1c6e5dc3b639c96e6839a8d1b8e951923fdfd34a, 2424307cdf421ac72075a1384eae4e4199ab6457, 26a7e6832afe9d9a991cfd9015177f083cf959cc.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1c6e5dc3b639c96e6839a8d1b8e951923fdfd34a, 2424307cdf421ac72075a1384eae4e4199ab6457, 26a7e6832afe9d9a991cfd9015177f083cf959cc or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: dwc3: gadget: Replace list_for_each_entry_safe() if using giveback The list_for_each_entry_safe() macro saves the current item (n) and the item after (n+1), so that n can be safely removed without corrupting the list. However, when traversing the list and removing items using gadget giveback, the DWC3 lock is briefly released, allowing other routines to execute. There is a situation where, while items are being removed from the cancelled_list using dwc3_gadget_ep_cleanup_cancelled_requests(), the pullup disable routine is running in parallel (due to UDC unbind). As the cleanup routine removes n, and the pullup disable removes n+1, once the cleanup retakes the DWC3 lock, it references a request who was already removed/handled. With list debug enabled, this leads to a panic. Ensure all instances of the macro are replaced where gadget giveback is used. Example call stack: Thread#1: __dwc3_gadget_ep_set_halt() - CLEAR HALT -> dwc3_gadget_ep_cleanup_cancelled_requests() ->list_for_each_entry_safe() ->dwc3_gadget_giveback(n) ->dwc3_gadget_del_and_unmap_request()- n deleted[cancelled_list] ->spin_unlock ->Thread#2 executes ... ->dwc3_gadget_giveback(n+1) ->Already removed! Thread#2: dwc3_gadget_pullup() ->waiting for dwc3 spin_lock ... ->Thread#1 released lock ->dwc3_stop_active_transfers() ->dwc3_remove_requests() ->fetches n+1 item from cancelled_list (n removed by Thread#1) ->dwc3_gadget_giveback() ->dwc3_gadget_del_and_unmap_request()- n+1 deleted[cancelled_list] ->spin_unlock
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 18th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel4.19.57 and later · before 4.20
- linux linux kernel5.0 and later · before 5.15.47
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.17.15
- linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 5.18.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- d7ff2e3ff0e09d57b43014fe26b13bb3c9677254, 5.0affected
- d4f1afe5e896c18ae01099a85dab5e1a198bd2a8 and later · before 1c6e5dc3b639c96e6839a8d1b8e951923fdfd34aaffected · git
- d4f1afe5e896c18ae01099a85dab5e1a198bd2a8 and later · before 2424307cdf421ac72075a1384eae4e4199ab6457affected · git
- d4f1afe5e896c18ae01099a85dab5e1a198bd2a8 and later · before 26a7e6832afe9d9a991cfd9015177f083cf959ccaffected · git
- d4f1afe5e896c18ae01099a85dab5e1a198bd2a8 and later · before bf594d1d0c1d7b895954018043536ffd327844f9affected · git
- 4.19.57 and later · before 4.20affected · semver
- before 5.0not affected · semver
- 5.15.47 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
- 5.17.15 and later · up to and including 5.17.*not affected · semver
- 5.18.4 and later · up to and including 5.18.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 5.18.5-1 | 5.18.5-1 |
Same product
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- CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV89Now
- CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV85Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-49396Feb 26, 2025 · phy: qcom-qmp: fix reset-controller leak on probe errors22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-49397Feb 26, 2025 · phy: qcom-qmp: fix struct clk leak on probe errors22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-49399Feb 26, 2025 · tty: goldfish: Use tty_port_destroy() to destroy port22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 1c6e5dc3b639c96e6839a8d1b8e951923fdfd34a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 2424307cdf421ac72075a1384eae4e4199ab6457 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 26a7e6832afe9d9a991cfd9015177f083cf959cc | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 4.20 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | bf594d1d0c1d7b895954018043536ffd327844f9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 5.18.5-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
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References
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