{"cve":"CVE-2025-38555","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-19T17:15:31.667","modified":"2026-07-30T06:23:25.793","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget : fix use-after-free in composite_dev_cleanup()\n\n1. In func configfs_composite_bind() -> composite_os_desc_req_prepare():\nif kmalloc fails, the pointer cdev->os_desc_req will be freed but not\nset to NULL. Then it will return a failure to the upper-level function.\n2. in func configfs_composite_bind() -> composite_dev_cleanup():\nit will checks whether cdev->os_desc_req is NULL. If it is not NULL, it\nwill attempt to use it.This will lead to a use-after-free issue.\n\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in composite_dev_cleanup+0xf4/0x2c0\nRead of size 8 at addr 0000004827837a00 by task init/1\n\nCPU: 10 PID: 1 Comm: init Tainted: G           O      5.10.97-oh #1\n kasan_report+0x188/0x1cc\n __asan_load8+0xb4/0xbc\n composite_dev_cleanup+0xf4/0x2c0\n configfs_composite_bind+0x210/0x7ac\n udc_bind_to_driver+0xb4/0x1ec\n usb_gadget_probe_driver+0xec/0x21c\n gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store+0x264/0x27c","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/151c0aa896c47a4459e07fee7d4843f44c1bb18e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db29235e900a084a656dea7e0939b0abb7bb897","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f06ee9f9a3665d43133f125c17e5258a13f3963","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afb22aa063f706f3343707cdfb8cda4d021dd33","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aada327a9f8028c573636fa60c0abc80fb8135c9"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38555","score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08302,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}