Bug 2407344 (CVE-2025-40092)

Summary: CVE-2025-40092 kernel: usb: gadget: f_ncm: Refactor bind path to use __free()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-30 10:02:46 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: f_ncm: Refactor bind path to use __free()

After an bind/unbind cycle, the ncm->notify_req is left stale. If a
subsequent bind fails, the unified error label attempts to free this
stale request, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing
ep->ops->free_request.

Refactor the error handling in the bind path to use the __free()
automatic cleanup mechanism.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020
Call trace:
 usb_ep_free_request+0x2c/0xec
 ncm_bind+0x39c/0x3dc
 usb_add_function+0xcc/0x1f0
 configfs_composite_bind+0x468/0x588
 gadget_bind_driver+0x104/0x270
 really_probe+0x190/0x374
 __driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x12c
 driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x218
 __device_attach_driver+0x14c/0x188
 bus_for_each_drv+0x10c/0x168
 __device_attach+0xfc/0x198
 device_initial_probe+0x14/0x24
 bus_probe_device+0x94/0x11c
 device_add+0x268/0x48c
 usb_add_gadget+0x198/0x28c
 dwc3_gadget_init+0x700/0x858
 __dwc3_set_mode+0x3cc/0x664
 process_scheduled_works+0x1d8/0x488
 worker_thread+0x244/0x334
 kthread+0x114/0x1bc
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-30 16:25:11 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025103016-CVE-2025-40092-9135@gregkh/T