CVE-2023-53045

usb: gadget: u_audio: don't let userspace block driver unbind

published May 2, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: u_audio: don't let userspace block driver unbind

In the unbind callback for f_uac1 and f_uac2, a call to snd_card_free()

via g_audio_cleanup() will disconnect the card and then wait for all

resources to be released, which happens when the refcount falls to zero.

Since userspace can keep the refcount incremented by not closing the

relevant file descriptor, the call to unbind may block indefinitely.

This can cause a deadlock during reboot, as evidenced by the following

blocked task observed on my machine:

task:reboot state:D stack:0 pid:2827 ppid:569 flags:0x0000000c

Call trace:

__switch_to+0xc8/0x140

__schedule+0x2f0/0x7c0

schedule+0x60/0xd0

schedule_timeout+0x180/0x1d4

wait_for_completion+0x78/0x180

snd_card_free+0x90/0xa0

g_audio_cleanup+0x2c/0x64

afunc_unbind+0x28/0x60

...

kernel_restart+0x4c/0xac

__do_sys_reboot+0xcc/0x1ec

__arm64_sys_reboot+0x28/0x30

invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x110

...

The issue can also be observed by opening the card with arecord and

then stopping the process through the shell before unbinding:

# arecord -D hw:UAC2Gadget -f S32_LE -c 2 -r 48000 /dev/null

Recording WAVE '/dev/null' : Signed 32 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo

^Z[1]+ Stopped arecord -D hw:UAC2Gadget -f S32_LE -c 2 -r 48000 /dev/null

# echo gadget.0 > /sys/bus/gadget/drivers/configfs-gadget/unbind

(observe that the unbind command never finishes)

Fix the problem by using snd_card_free_when_closed() instead, which will

still disconnect the card as desired, but defer the task of freeing the

resources to the core once userspace closes its file descriptor.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00153 · 4.1th percentile
Published
2025-05-02T15:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAY 15:55Z
    usb: gadget: u_audio: don't let userspace block driver unbind
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