CVE-2025-68288

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: storage: Fix memory leak in USB bulk transport A kernel memory leak was identified by the 'ioctl_sg01' test from Linux Test Project (LTP). The following bytes were mainly observed: 0x53425355. When USB storage devices incorrectly skip the data phase with status data, the code extracts/validates the CSW from the sg buffer, but fails to clear it afterwards. This leaves status protocol data in srb's transfer buffer, such as the US_BULK_CS_SIGN 'USBS' signature observed here. Thus, this can lead to USB protocols leaks to user space through SCSI generic (/dev/sg*) interfaces, such as the one seen here when the LTP test requested 512 KiB. Fix the leak by zeroing the CSW data in srb's transfer buffer immediately after the validation of devices that skip data phase. Note: Differently from CVE-2018-1000204, which fixed a big leak by zero- ing pages at allocation time, this leak occurs after allocation, when USB protocol data is written to already-allocated sg pages.

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedDec 16, 2025
First seenDec 16, 2025

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux83f0241959831586d9b6d47f6bd5d3dec8f43bf0, 4ba515dfff7eeca369ab85cdbb3f3b231c71720c, 467fec3cefbeb9e3ea80f457da9a5666a71ca0d0, cb1401b5bcc2feb5b038fc4b512e5968b016e05e, 0f18eac44c5668204bf6eebb01ddb369ac56932b, 5b815ddb3f5560fac35b16de3a2a22d5f81c5993, 41e99fe2005182139b1058db71f0d241f8f0078c, 3.17, 3.19, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 4.17 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxa45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 ≤ v < 83f0241959831586d9b6d47f6bd5d3dec8f43bf0, a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 ≤ v < 4ba515dfff7eeca369ab85cdbb3f3b231c71720c, a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 ≤ v < 467fec3cefbeb9e3ea80f457da9a5666a71ca0d0, a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 ≤ v < cb1401b5bcc2feb5b038fc4b512e5968b016e05e, a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 ≤ v < 0f18eac44c5668204bf6eebb01ddb369ac56932b, a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 ≤ v < 5b815ddb3f5560fac35b16de3a2a22d5f81c5993, a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 ≤ v < 41e99fe2005182139b1058db71f0d241f8f0078c, 582802e7c617cfb07cc15f280c128e6decbc57b8, 58b7ce6f9ef2367f86384b20458642945993b816, 93314640426ddb6af618d0802e622f6fa771792c, ad2518320bc440ed3db072e2444a1bb226a9cf7a, d827bea2d18c07ba514f7d48cde49f90da9a1384, 39169410574503c6e901de1aa6eac5108475e017, 3.16.58 ≤ v < 3.17, 3.18.110 ≤ v < 3.19, 4.4.133 ≤ v < 4.5, 4.9.103 ≤ v < 4.10, 4.14.44 ≤ v < 4.15, 4.16.12 ≤ v < 4.17, 4.1783f0241959831586d9b6d47f6bd5d3dec8f43bf0, 4ba515dfff7eeca369ab85cdbb3f3b231c71720c, 467fec3cefbeb9e3ea80f457da9a5666a71ca0d0, cb1401b5bcc2feb5b038fc4b512e5968b016e05e, 0f18eac44c5668204bf6eebb01ddb369ac56932b, 5b815ddb3f5560fac35b16de3a2a22d5f81c5993, 41e99fe2005182139b1058db71f0d241f8f0078c, 3.17, 3.19, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 4.17

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