CVE-2025-68323

EPSS 0.1%
  • Published: 2025-12-18T15:16:06.103

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

usb: typec: ucsi: fix use-after-free caused by uec->work

The delayed work uec->work is scheduled in gaokun_ucsi_probe()
but never properly canceled in gaokun_ucsi_remove(). This creates
use-after-free scenarios where the ucsi and gaokun_ucsi structure
are freed after ucsi_destroy() completes execution, while the
gaokun_ucsi_register_worker() might be either currently executing
or still pending in the work queue. The already-freed gaokun_ucsi
or ucsi structure may then be accessed.

Furthermore, the race window is 3 seconds, which is sufficiently
long to make this bug easily reproducible. The following is the
trace captured by KASAN:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __run_timers+0x5ec/0x630
Write of size 8 at addr ffff00000ec28cc8 by task swapper/0/0

Call trace:
show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C)
dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90
print_report+0x114/0x580
kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0
__asan_report_store8_noabort+0x20/0x2c
__run_timers+0x5ec/0x630
run_timer_softirq+0xe8/0x1cc
handle_softirqs+0x294/0x720
__do_softirq+0x14/0x20
____do_softirq+0x10/0x1c
call_on_irq_stack+0x30/0x48
do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x28
__irq_exit_rcu+0x27c/0x364
irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c
el1_interrupt+0x40/0x60
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
el1h_64_irq+0x6c/0x70
arch_local_irq_enable+0x4/0x8 (P)
do_idle+0x334/0x458
cpu_startup_entry+0x60/0x70
rest_init+0x158/0x174
start_kernel+0x2f8/0x394
__primary_switched+0x8c/0x94

Allocated by task 72 on cpu 0 at 27.510341s:
kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x54
kasan_save_track+0x24/0x5c
kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x54
__kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xb8
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x1c0/0x588
devm_kmalloc+0x7c/0x1c8
gaokun_ucsi_probe+0xa0/0x840 auxiliary_bus_probe+0x94/0xf8
really_probe+0x17c/0x5b8
__driver_probe_device+0x158/0x2c4
driver_probe_device+0x10c/0x264
__device_attach_driver+0x168/0x2d0
bus_for_each_drv+0x100/0x188
__device_attach+0x174/0x368
device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20
bus_probe_device+0x120/0x150
device_add+0xb3c/0x10fc
__auxiliary_device_add+0x88/0x130

Freed by task 73 on cpu 1 at 28.910627s:
kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x54
kasan_save_track+0x24/0x5c
__kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x74
__kasan_slab_free+0x60/0x8c
kfree+0xd4/0x410
devres_release_all+0x140/0x1f0
device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x190
device_release_driver_internal+0x344/0x460
device_release_driver+0x18/0x24
bus_remove_device+0x198/0x274
device_del+0x310/0xa84

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff00000ec28c00
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 200 bytes inside of
freed 512-byte region
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x4ec28
head: order:2 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0x3fffe0000000040(head|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x1ffff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 03fffe0000000040 ffff000008801c80 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 03fffe0000000040 ffff000008801c80 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
head: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 03fffe0000000002 fffffdffc03b0a01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000004
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff00000ec28b80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff00000ec28c00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff00000ec28c80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff00000ec28d00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff00000ec28d80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
================================================================
—truncated—

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How to fix CVE-2025-68323

CVE-2025-68323 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: fix use-after-free caused by uec->work The delayed work uec->work is scheduled in gaokun_ucsi_probe() but never properly canceled in gaokun_ucsi_remove(). This creates use-after-free scenarios where the ucsi and gaokun_ucsi structure are freed after ucsi_destroy() completes execution, while the gaokun_ucsi_register_worker() might be either currently […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Dec 18, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Dec 24, 2025
Imported to Database

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