CVE-2025-68781

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68781
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68781.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-68781
Downstream
Published
2026-01-13T15:28:56Z
Modified
2026-09-04T03:46:56Z
Summary
usb: phy: fsl-usb: Fix use-after-free in delayed work during device removal
Details

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

usb: phy: fsl-usb: Fix use-after-free in delayed work during device removal

The delayed work item otg_event is initialized in fsl_otg_conf() and scheduled under two conditions:

  1. When a host controller binds to the OTG controller.
  2. When the USB ID pin state changes (cable insertion/removal).

A race condition occurs when the device is removed via fsl_otg_remove(): the fsl_otg instance may be freed while the delayed work is still pending or executing. This leads to use-after-free when the work function fsl_otg_event() accesses the already freed memory.

The problematic scenario:

(detach thread) | (delayed work) fsl_otg_remove() | kfree(fsl_otg_dev) //FREE| fsl_otg_event() | og = container_of(...) //USE | og-> //USE

Fix this by calling disable_delayed_work_sync() in fsl_otg_remove() before deallocating the fsl_otg structure. This ensures the delayed work is properly canceled and completes execution prior to memory deallocation.

This bug was identified through static analysis.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68781.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0807c500a1a6d7fa20cbd7bbe7fea14a66112463
Fixed
69f9a0701abc3d1f8225074c56c27e6c16a37222
Fixed
2e7c47e2eb3cfeadf78a1ccbac8492c60d508f23
Fixed
41ca62e3e21e48c2903b3b45e232cf4f2ff7434f

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68781.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.0.0
Fixed
6.12.64
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-68781.json"