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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-46933 EUVD-2021-33581GHSA-w6v7-mjp2-pwcf

usb: gadget: f_fs: Clear ffs_eventfd in ffs_data_clear.

Published Feb 27, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-vmware Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

usb: gadget: f_fs: Clear ffs_eventfd in ffs_data_clear.

ffs_data_clear is indirectly called from both ffs_fs_kill_sb and
ffs_ep0_release, so it ends up being called twice when userland closes ep0
and then unmounts f_fs.
If userland provided an eventfd along with function's USB descriptors, it
ends up calling eventfd_ctx_put as many times, causing a refcount
underflow.
NULL-ify ffs_eventfd to prevent these extraneous eventfd_ctx_put calls.

Also, set epfiles to NULL right after de-allocating it, for readability.

For completeness, ffs_data_clear actually ends up being called thrice, the
last call being before the whole ffs structure gets freed, so when this
specific sequence happens there is a second underflow happening (but not
being reported):

/sys/kernel/debug/tracing# modprobe usb_f_fs
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing# echo ffs_data_clear > set_ftrace_filter
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing# echo function > current_tracer
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing# echo 1 > tracing_on
(setup gadget, run and kill function userland process, teardown gadget)
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing# echo 0 > tracing_on
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing# cat trace
smartcard-openp-436 [000] ..... 1946.208786: ffs_data_clear <-ffs_data_closed
smartcard-openp-431 [000] ..... 1946.279147: ffs_data_clear <-ffs_data_closed
smartcard-openp-431 [000] .n... 1946.905512: ffs_data_clear <-ffs_data_put

Warning output corresponding to above trace:
[ 1946.284139] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 431 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x110/0x15c
[ 1946.293094] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
[ 1946.298164] Modules linked in: usb_f_ncm(E) u_ether(E) usb_f_fs(E) hci_uart(E) btqca(E) btrtl(E) btbcm(E) btintel(E) bluetooth(E) nls_ascii(E) nls_cp437(E) vfat(E) fat(E) bcm2835_v4l2(CE) bcm2835_mmal_vchiq(CE) videobuf2_vmalloc(E) videobuf2_memops(E) sha512_generic(E) videobuf2_v4l2(E) sha512_arm(E) videobuf2_common(E) videodev(E) cpufreq_dt(E) snd_bcm2835(CE) brcmfmac(E) mc(E) vc4(E) ctr(E) brcmutil(E) snd_soc_core(E) snd_pcm_dmaengine(E) drbg(E) snd_pcm(E) snd_timer(E) snd(E) soundcore(E) drm_kms_helper(E) cec(E) ansi_cprng(E) rc_core(E) syscopyarea(E) raspberrypi_cpufreq(E) sysfillrect(E) sysimgblt(E) cfg80211(E) max17040_battery(OE) raspberrypi_hwmon(E) fb_sys_fops(E) regmap_i2c(E) ecdh_generic(E) rfkill(E) ecc(E) bcm2835_rng(E) rng_core(E) vchiq(CE) leds_gpio(E) libcomposite(E) fuse(E) configfs(E) ip_tables(E) x_tables(E) autofs4(E) ext4(E) crc16(E) mbcache(E) jbd2(E) crc32c_generic(E) sdhci_iproc(E) sdhci_pltfm(E) sdhci(E)
[ 1946.399633] CPU: 0 PID: 431 Comm: smartcard-openp Tainted: G C OE 5.15.0-1-rpi #1 Debian 5.15.3-1
[ 1946.417950] Hardware name: BCM2835
[ 1946.425442] Backtrace:
[ 1946.432048] [<c08d60a0>] (dump_backtrace) from [<c08d62ec>] (show_stack+0x20/0x24)
[ 1946.448226] r7:00000009 r6:0000001c r5:c04a948c r4:c0a64e2c
[ 1946.458412] [<c08d62cc>] (show_stack) from [<c08d9ae0>] (dump_stack+0x28/0x30)
[ 1946.470380] [<c08d9ab8>] (dump_stack) from [<c0123500>] (__warn+0xe8/0x154)
[ 1946.482067] r5:c04a948c r4:c0a71dc8
[ 1946.490184] [<c0123418>] (__warn) from [<c08d6948>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0xa0/0xe4)
[ 1946.506758] r7:00000009 r6:0000001c r5:c0a71dc8 r4:c0a71e04
[ 1946.517070] [<c08d68ac>] (warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<c04a948c>] (refcount_warn_saturate+0x110/0x15c)
[ 1946.535309] r8:c0100224 r7:c0dfcb84 r6:ffffffff r5:c3b84c00 r4:c24a17c0
[ 1946.546708] [<c04a937c>] (refcount_warn_saturate) from [<c0380134>] (eventfd_ctx_put+0x48/0x74)
[ 1946.564476] [<c03800ec>] (eventfd_ctx_put) from [<bf5464e8>] (ffs_data_clear+0xd0/0x118 [usb_f_fs])
[ 1946.582664] r5:c3b84c00 r4:c2695b00
[ 1946.590668] [<bf546418>] (ffs_data_clear [usb_f_fs]) from [<bf547cc0>] (ffs_data_closed+0x9c/0x150 [usb_f_fs])
[ 1946.609608] r5:bf54d014 r4:c2695b00
[ 1946.617522] [<bf547c24>] (ffs_data_closed [usb_f_fs]) from [<bf547da0>] (ffs_fs_kill_sb+0x2c/0x30 [usb_f_fs])
[ 1946.636217] r7:c0dfcb
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.0 4.4.298

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

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Debian 14 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.15.15-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-105.119 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1069.73 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1073.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1032.35 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1068.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1037.38 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1059.62 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1067.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1056.63 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-173.182 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1124.133 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1069.73~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1134.147 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1073.76~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1119.133 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1068.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-105.119~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1018.20~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1110.113 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1090.99 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1067.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1056.63~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
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Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1046.52 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2064.67 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2046.50 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1081.90 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2029.32 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1103.110 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-257.291 USN-6938-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1172.187 USN-6938-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1124.133~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1134.147~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1119.133~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-173.182~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1135.145 USN-6938-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1090.99~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1134.140 USN-6938-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1134.147~14.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-257.291~14.04.1 USN-6938-1
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SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
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SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_57 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1
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