CVE-2025-21838

Name	CVE-2025-21838
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: core: flush gadget workqueue after device removal device_del() can lead to new work being scheduled in gadget->work workqueue. This is observed, for example, with the dwc3 driver with the following call stack: device_del() gadget_unbind_driver() usb_gadget_disconnect_locked() dwc3_gadget_pullup() dwc3_gadget_soft_disconnect() usb_gadget_set_state() schedule_work(&gadget->work) Move flush_work() after device_del() to ensure the workqueue is cleaned up.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4193-1, DSA-5900-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.244-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.153-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.43-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.16.12-2	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.153-1~deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.133-1	DSA-5900-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.16-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.137-1~deb11u1	DLA-4193-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/399a45e5237ca14037120b1b895bd38a3b4492ea (6.14-rc3)