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Unscored CVE-2023-53693 EUVD-2023-60035GHSA-cf5g-vjxj-5fc7

USB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver

Published Oct 22, 2025 · Updated May 11, 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-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 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-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

USB: gadget: Fix the memory leak in raw_gadget driver

Currently, increasing raw_dev->count happens before invoke the
raw_queue_event(), if the raw_queue_event() return error, invoke
raw_release() will not trigger the dev_free() to be called.

[ 268.905865][ T5067] raw-gadget.0 gadget.0: failed to queue event
[ 268.912053][ T5067] udc dummy_udc.0: failed to start USB Raw Gadget: -12
[ 268.918885][ T5067] raw-gadget.0: probe of gadget.0 failed with error -12
[ 268.925956][ T5067] UDC core: USB Raw Gadget: couldn't find an available UDC or it's busy
[ 268.934657][ T5067] misc raw-gadget: fail, usb_gadget_register_driver returned -16

BUG: memory leak

[<ffffffff8154bf94>] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] dev_new drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:191 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347eb55>] raw_open+0x45/0x110 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:385
[<ffffffff827d1d09>] misc_open+0x1a9/0x1f0 drivers/char/misc.c:165

[<ffffffff8154bf94>] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076
[<ffffffff8347cd2f>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]
[<ffffffff8347cd2f>] raw_ioctl_init+0xdf/0x410 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:460
[<ffffffff8347dfe9>] raw_ioctl+0x5f9/0x1120 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:1250
[<ffffffff81685173>] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]

[<ffffffff8154bf94>] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1076
[<ffffffff833ecc6a>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]
[<ffffffff833ecc6a>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:703 [inline]
[<ffffffff833ecc6a>] dummy_alloc_request+0x5a/0xe0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:665
[<ffffffff833e9132>] usb_ep_alloc_request+0x22/0xd0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:196
[<ffffffff8347f13d>] gadget_bind+0x6d/0x370 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c:292

This commit therefore invoke kref_get() under the condition that
raw_queue_event() return success.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.7 5.10.190

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.4.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.4.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.52-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1031.33 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-88.98 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1049.54 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1051.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1051.59.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1046.54 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1046.51 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1032.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1042.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1045.51 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1040.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1019.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1006.6 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1047.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1049.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1046.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-88.98~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1042.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1045.51~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1019.19~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1047.53~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1045.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1042.44 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1050.56 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1.150700.17.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1.150600.12.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
Show 17 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-36.1.21.13 SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-36.1.21.13 SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.136.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.136.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_6 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_6 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_17 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_17 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_32 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_46 1-150400.9.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.78.1.150600.12.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1

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