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Therefore a concurrent\nbind can change the device state between these operations, which can\nleave ioctl with a stale NULL gadget pointer and causing a NULL pointer\ndereference at gadget->ops->ioctl.\n\nRead dev->gadget while holding dev->lock so that the gadget pointer\nand device state are sampled consistently."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c"],"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"8be30959be31b4205e3bdd2e2a6221f3a2ee7ea1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"e8219accce2f6d3502ed71f5b5e854ecf27249a6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"87cbf9410b12f5c2d659bb01e8ecf6517cb9f28c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"162178ca83c3de986900385a0477eb539f8e1a7e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"ebd916fdfefaacbc0e577f7037ec96b31a105e5f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"c29a83c1ff3f06d5751f6d365b606c9f81ccc4cb","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"64ec019bf9a8b12f53b9f2777d65aadb730b5a84","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","lessThan":"dd0eed9e165b1a6292f49e622e3dd0b7d99b106d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.270","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.221","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.188","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.157","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.110","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.51","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.270"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.221"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.188"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.157"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.110"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.51"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8be30959be31b4205e3bdd2e2a6221f3a2ee7ea1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8219accce2f6d3502ed71f5b5e854ecf27249a6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87cbf9410b12f5c2d659bb01e8ecf6517cb9f28c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/162178ca83c3de986900385a0477eb539f8e1a7e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd916fdfefaacbc0e577f7037ec96b31a105e5f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29a83c1ff3f06d5751f6d365b606c9f81ccc4cb"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ec019bf9a8b12f53b9f2777d65aadb730b5a84"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0eed9e165b1a6292f49e622e3dd0b7d99b106d"}],"title":"USB: gadget: fix NULL pointer dereference in gadget_dev_ioctl()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}