{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-38268", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.998Z", "datePublished": "2025-07-10T07:41:51.217Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:24:35.303Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:24:35.303Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: tcpm: move tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to asynchronous work\n\nA state check was previously added to tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to\nprevent a deadlock where the DisplayPort Alt Mode driver would be\nexecuting work and attempting to grab the tcpm_lock while the TCPM\nwas holding the lock and attempting to unregister the altmode, blocking\non the altmode driver's cancel_work_sync call.\n\nBecause the state check isn't protected, there is a small window\nwhere the Alt Mode driver could determine that the TCPM is\nin a ready state and attempt to grab the lock while the\nTCPM grabs the lock and changes the TCPM state to one that\ncauses the deadlock. The callstack is provided below:\n\n[110121.667392][ C7] Call trace:\n[110121.667396][ C7] __switch_to+0x174/0x338\n[110121.667406][ C7] __schedule+0x608/0x9f0\n[110121.667414][ C7] schedule+0x7c/0xe8\n[110121.667423][ C7] kernfs_drain+0xb0/0x114\n[110121.667431][ C7] __kernfs_remove+0x16c/0x20c\n[110121.667436][ C7] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x74/0xe8\n[110121.667442][ C7] sysfs_remove_group+0x84/0xe8\n[110121.667450][ C7] sysfs_remove_groups+0x34/0x58\n[110121.667458][ C7] device_remove_groups+0x10/0x20\n[110121.667464][ C7] device_release_driver_internal+0x164/0x2e4\n[110121.667475][ C7] device_release_driver+0x18/0x28\n[110121.667484][ C7] bus_remove_device+0xec/0x118\n[110121.667491][ C7] device_del+0x1e8/0x4ac\n[110121.667498][ C7] device_unregister+0x18/0x38\n[110121.667504][ C7] typec_unregister_altmode+0x30/0x44\n[110121.667515][ C7] tcpm_reset_port+0xac/0x370\n[110121.667523][ C7] tcpm_snk_detach+0x84/0xb8\n[110121.667529][ C7] run_state_machine+0x4c0/0x1b68\n[110121.667536][ C7] tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4\n[110121.667544][ C7] kthread_worker_fn+0x10c/0x244\n[110121.667552][ C7] kthread+0x104/0x1d4\n[110121.667557][ C7] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n[110121.667689][ C7] Workqueue: events dp_altmode_work\n[110121.667697][ C7] Call trace:\n[110121.667701][ C7] __switch_to+0x174/0x338\n[110121.667710][ C7] __schedule+0x608/0x9f0\n[110121.667717][ C7] schedule+0x7c/0xe8\n[110121.667725][ C7] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x24/0x40\n[110121.667733][ C7] __mutex_lock+0x408/0xdac\n[110121.667741][ C7] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x14/0x24\n[110121.667748][ C7] mutex_lock+0x40/0xec\n[110121.667757][ C7] tcpm_altmode_enter+0x78/0xb4\n[110121.667764][ C7] typec_altmode_enter+0xdc/0x10c\n[110121.667769][ C7] dp_altmode_work+0x68/0x164\n[110121.667775][ C7] process_one_work+0x1e4/0x43c\n[110121.667783][ C7] worker_thread+0x25c/0x430\n[110121.667789][ C7] kthread+0x104/0x1d4\n[110121.667794][ C7] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nChange tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to queue for tcpm_queue_vdm_work,\nwhich can perform the state check while holding the TCPM lock\nwhile the Alt Mode lock is no longer held. This requires a new\nstruct to hold the vdm data, altmode_vdm_event." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "cdc9946ea6377e8e214b135ccc308c5e514ba25f", "lessThan": "7bdd712abefbec79176ab412d8c623e755c5d0ba", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "cdc9946ea6377e8e214b135ccc308c5e514ba25f", "lessThan": "1970d34b48cbeceb0c765984c9a6bb204c77f16a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "cdc9946ea6377e8e214b135ccc308c5e514ba25f", "lessThan": "324d45e53f1a36c88bc649dc39e0c8300a41be0a", "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/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.9", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.34", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.15.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.16", "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": "6.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.34" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.3" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.16" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bdd712abefbec79176ab412d8c623e755c5d0ba" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1970d34b48cbeceb0c765984c9a6bb204c77f16a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324d45e53f1a36c88bc649dc39e0c8300a41be0a" } ], "title": "usb: typec: tcpm: move tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to asynchronous work", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }