In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xhci: Handle TD clearing for multiple streams case
When multiple streams are in use, multiple TDs might be in flight when an endpoint is stopped. We need to issue a Set TR Dequeue Pointer for each, to ensure everything is reset properly and the caches cleared. Change the logic so that any N>1 TDs found active for different streams are deferred until after the first one is processed, calling xhci_invalidate_cancelled_tds() again from xhci_handle_cmd_set_deq() to queue another command until we are done with all of them. Also change the error/"should never happen" paths to ensure we at least clear any affected TDs, even if we can't issue a command to clear the hardware cache, and complain loudly with an xhci_warn() if this ever happens.
This problem case dates back to commit e9df17eb1408 ("USB: xhci: Correct assumptions about number of rings per endpoint.") early on in the XHCI driver's life, when stream support was first added. It was then identified but not fixed nor made into a warning in commit 674f8438c121 ("xhci: split handling halted endpoints into two steps"), which added a FIXME comment for the problem case (without materially changing the behavior as far as I can tell, though the new logic made the problem more obvious).
Then later, in commit 94f339147fc3 ("xhci: Fix failure to give back some cached cancelled URBs."), it was acknowledged again.
[Mathias: commit 94f339147fc3 ("xhci: Fix failure to give back some cached cancelled URBs.") was a targeted regression fix to the previously mentioned patch. Users reported issues with usb stuck after unmounting/disconnecting UAS devices. This rolled back the TD clearing of multiple streams to its original state.]
Apparently the commit author was aware of the problem (yet still chose to submit it): It was still mentioned as a FIXME, an xhci_dbg() was added to log the problem condition, and the remaining issue was mentioned in the commit description. The choice of making the log type xhci_dbg() for what is, at this point, a completely unhandled and known broken condition is puzzling and unfortunate, as it guarantees that no actual users would see the log in production, thereby making it nigh undebuggable (indeed, even if you turn on DEBUG, the message doesn't really hint at there being a problem at all).
It took me *months* of random xHC crashes to finally find a reliable repro and be able to do a deep dive debug session, which could all have been avoided had this unhandled, broken condition been actually reported with a warning, as it should have been as a bug intentionally left in unfixed (never mind that it shouldn't have been left in at all).
> Another fix to solve clearing the caches of all stream rings with > cancelled TDs is needed, but not as urgent.
3 years after that statement and 14 years after the original bug was introduced, I think it's finally time to fix it. And maybe next time let's not leave bugs unfixed (that are actually worse than the original bug), and let's actually get people to review kernel commits please.
Fixes xHC crashes and IOMMU faults with UAS devices when handling errors/faults. Easiest repro is to use `hdparm` to mark an early sector (e.g. 1024) on a disk as bad, then `cat /dev/sdX > /dev/null` in a loop. At least in the case of JMicron controllers, the read errors end up having to cancel two TDs (for two queued requests to different streams) and the one that didn't get cleared properly ends up faulting the xHC entirely when it tries to access DMA pages that have since been unmapped, referred to by the stale TDs. This normally happens quickly (after two or three loops). After this fix, I left the `cat` in a loop running overnight and experienced no xHC failures, with all read errors recovered properly. Repro'd and tested on an Apple M1 Mac Mini (dwc3 host).
On systems without an IOMMU, this bug would instead silently corrupt freed memory, making this a ---truncated---
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade perfUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-64k-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libs-develUpgrade kernel-rt-debugUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-64k-debug-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-modulesUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debug-uki-virtUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-64k-debugUpgrade kernel-64k-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-64k-debug-develUpgrade rvUpgrade kernel-64k-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-kvmUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-64k-debug-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade libperfUpgrade kernel-64k-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-develUpgrade kernel-docUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-kvmUpgrade kernel-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-uki-virtUpgrade rtlaUpgrade kernel-64k-develUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-modulesUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modulesUpgrade kernel-64kUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-coreUpgrade kernel-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-64k-coreUpgrade kernel-64k-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-64k-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-cross-headersUpgrade kernel-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-64k-modulesUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-headers | Aug 12, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.162-107.160Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | May 22, 2025 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.96-102.177Upgrade perfUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel | Jun 11, 2025 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Jul 18, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel | Jun 13, 2025 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelists | Jul 1, 2025 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-uek | Aug 16, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rtNo solution exists | Aug 12, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-cross-headersUpgrade kernel-debug-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-kvmUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extraUpgrade rtlaUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modulesUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-develUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-zfcpdump-develUpgrade libperfUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-uki-virtUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-debug-uki-virtUpgrade kernel-modulesUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-debugUpgrade kernel-coreUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-debug-devel-matchedUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade perfUpgrade rvUpgrade kernel-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-rt-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modulesUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-debuginfoUpgrade libperf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-modulesUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-tools-libs-develUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-rt-kvm | Aug 22, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade dlm-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-source-rtUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade dtb-alteraUpgrade dtb-renesasUpgrade dtb-allwinnerUpgrade dtb-xilinxUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rt-optionalUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-rt-extraUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-default-optionalUpgrade dtb-exynosUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-devel-rtUpgrade dtb-lgUpgrade kernel-default-base-rebuildUpgrade dlm-kmp-rtUpgrade dtb-broadcomUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-debug-vdsoUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azureUpgrade kselftests-kmp-64kbUpgrade dtb-freescaleUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-hisiliconUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-develUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatchUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-develUpgrade dtb-qcomUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-develUpgrade dtb-amazonUpgrade dtb-caviumUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-64kbUpgrade dtb-sprdUpgrade dtb-appleUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-debug-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade dtb-amdUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-syms-rtUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rt_debugUpgrade dtb-socionextUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-rt-vdsoUpgrade gfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade dtb-rockchipUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-vdsoUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade dtb-amlogicUpgrade kernel-azure-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kselftests-kmp-rtUpgrade dtb-armUpgrade dtb-apmUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-64kb-optionalUpgrade dtb-marvellUpgrade kselftests-kmp-defaultUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rt-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade dtb-mediatekUpgrade gfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade dtb-nvidiaUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-64kb-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-default-extra | Aug 14, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1066-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1067-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-121-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1069-awsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1068-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1064-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-azure-cvmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gkeUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-gcpUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-45-genericUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azureUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1062-raspiUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.15Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-genericUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1035-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-intelUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1066-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1052-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1062-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1011-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gke | Sep 12, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 9, 2025 | Jul 12, 2024 |
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