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Linux Linux — usb: xhci: Fix invalid pointer dereference in Etron workaround
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0019 8.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux fbc0a0c7718a6cb1dc5e0811a4f88a2b1deedfa1 – —
Linux 6.13 – 6.6.89
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
May 8 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-37813 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: xhci: Fix invalid pointer dereference in Etron workaround
This check is performed before prepare_transfer() and prepare_ring(), so
enqueue can already point at the final link TRB of a segment. And indeed
it will, some 0.4% of times this code is called.
Then enqueue + 1 is an invalid pointer. It will crash the kernel right
away or load some junk which may look like a link TRB and cause the real
link TRB to be replaced with a NOOP. This wouldn't end well.
Use a functionally equivalent test which doesn't dereference the pointer
and always gives correct result.
Something has crashed my machine twice in recent days while playing with
an Etron HC, and a control transfer stress test ran for confirmation has
just crashed it again. The same test passes with this patch applied.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 8, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-37813 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | fbc0a0c7718a6cb1dc5e0811a4f88a2b1deedfa1 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.13 | 6.6.89 |
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