{"cve":"CVE-2025-68781","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-13T16:15:57.773","modified":"2026-09-02T13:17:03.090","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: phy: fsl-usb: Fix use-after-free in delayed work during device removal\n\nThe delayed work item otg_event is initialized in fsl_otg_conf() and\nscheduled under two conditions:\n1. When a host controller binds to the OTG controller.\n2. When the USB ID pin state changes (cable insertion/removal).\n\nA race condition occurs when the device is removed via fsl_otg_remove():\nthe fsl_otg instance may be freed while the delayed work is still pending\nor executing. This leads to use-after-free when the work function\nfsl_otg_event() accesses the already freed memory.\n\nThe problematic scenario:\n\n(detach thread)            | (delayed work)\nfsl_otg_remove()           |\n  kfree(fsl_otg_dev) //FREE| fsl_otg_event()\n                           |   og = container_of(...) //USE\n                           |   og-> //USE\n\nFix this by calling disable_delayed_work_sync() in fsl_otg_remove()\nbefore deallocating the fsl_otg structure. This ensures the delayed work\nis properly canceled and completes execution prior to memory deallocation.\n\nThis bug was identified through static analysis.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7c47e2eb3cfeadf78a1ccbac8492c60d508f23","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ca62e3e21e48c2903b3b45e232cf4f2ff7434f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f9a0701abc3d1f8225074c56c27e6c16a37222"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:19:41.481987139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68781","score":0.00214,"percentile":0.1176,"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."]}