Bug 2405777 (CVE-2022-50568) - CVE-2022-50568 kernel: usb: gadget: f_hid: fix f_hidg lifetime vs cdev
Summary: CVE-2022-50568 kernel: usb: gadget: f_hid: fix f_hidg lifetime vs cdev
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50568
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-22 14:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-11-26 13:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-22 14:06:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: f_hid: fix f_hidg lifetime vs cdev

The embedded struct cdev does not have its lifetime correctly tied to
the enclosing struct f_hidg, so there is a use-after-free if /dev/hidgN
is held open while the gadget is deleted.

This can readily be replicated with libusbgx's example programs (for
conciseness - operating directly via configfs is equivalent):

	gadget-hid
	exec 3<> /dev/hidg0
	gadget-vid-pid-remove
	exec 3<&-

Pull the existing device up in to struct f_hidg and make use of the
cdev_device_{add,del}() helpers.  This changes the lifetime of the
device object to match struct f_hidg, but note that it is still added
and deleted at the same time.


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