In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: aqc111: fix error handling of usbnet read calls
Syzkaller, courtesy of syzbot, identified an error (see report [1]) in
aqc111 driver, caused by incomplete sanitation of usb read calls'
results. This problem is quite similar to the one fixed in commit
920a9fa27e78 ("net: asix: add proper error handling of usb read errors").
For instance, usbnet_read_cmd() may read fewer than 'size' bytes,
even if the caller expected the full amount, and aqc111_read_cmd()
will not check its result properly. As [1] shows, this may lead
to MAC address in aqc111_bind() being only partly initialized,
triggering KMSAN warnings.
Fix the issue by verifying that the number of bytes read is
as expected and not less.
[1] Partial syzbot report:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in is_valid_ether_addr include/linux/etherdevice.h:208 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in usbnet_probe+0x2e57/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1830
is_valid_ether_addr include/linux/etherdevice.h:208 [inline]
usbnet_probe+0x2e57/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1830
usb_probe_interface+0xd01/0x1310 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
really_probe+0x4d1/0xd90 drivers/base/dd.c:658
__driver_probe_device+0x268/0x380 drivers/base/dd.c:800
...
Uninit was stored to memory at:
dev_addr_mod+0xb0/0x550 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:582
__dev_addr_set include/linux/netdevice.h:4874 [inline]
eth_hw_addr_set include/linux/etherdevice.h:325 [inline]
aqc111_bind+0x35f/0x1150 drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:717
usbnet_probe+0xbe6/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1772
usb_probe_interface+0xd01/0x1310 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
...
Uninit was stored to memory at:
ether_addr_copy include/linux/etherdevice.h:305 [inline]
aqc111_read_perm_mac drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:663 [inline]
aqc111_bind+0x794/0x1150 drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:713
usbnet_probe+0xbe6/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1772
usb_probe_interface+0xd01/0x1310 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
...
Local variable buf.i created at:
aqc111_read_perm_mac drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:656 [inline]
aqc111_bind+0x221/0x1150 drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:713
usbnet_probe+0xbe6/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1772
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: aqc111: fix error handling of usbnet read calls Syzkaller, courtesy of syzbot, identified an error (see report [1]) in aqc111 driver, caused by incomplete sanitation of usb read calls' results. This problem is quite similar to the one fixed in commit 920a9fa27e78 ("net: asix: add proper error handling of usb read errors"). For instance, usbnet_read_cmd() may read fewer than 'size' bytes, even if the caller expected the full amount, and aqc111_read_cmd() will not check its result properly. As [1] shows, this may lead to MAC address in aqc111_bind() being only partly initialized, triggering KMSAN warnings. Fix the issue by verifying that the number of bytes read is as expected and not less. [1] Partial syzbot report: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in is_valid_ether_addr include/linux/etherdevice.h:208 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in usbnet_probe+0x2e57/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1830 is_valid_ether_addr include/linux/etherdevice.h:208 [inline] usbnet_probe+0x2e57/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1830 usb_probe_interface+0xd01/0x1310 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline] really_probe+0x4d1/0xd90 drivers/base/dd.c:658 __driver_probe_device+0x268/0x380 drivers/base/dd.c:800 ... Uninit was stored to memory at: dev_addr_mod+0xb0/0x550 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:582 __dev_addr_set include/linux/netdevice.h:4874 [inline] eth_hw_addr_set include/linux/etherdevice.h:325 [inline] aqc111_bind+0x35f/0x1150 drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:717 usbnet_probe+0xbe6/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1772 usb_probe_interface+0xd01/0x1310 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 ... Uninit was stored to memory at: ether_addr_copy include/linux/etherdevice.h:305 [inline] aqc111_read_perm_mac drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:663 [inline] aqc111_bind+0x794/0x1150 drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:713 usbnet_probe+0xbe6/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1772 usb_probe_interface+0xd01/0x1310 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline] ... Local variable buf.i created at: aqc111_read_perm_mac drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:656 [inline] aqc111_bind+0x221/0x1150 drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c:713 usbnet_probe+0xbe6/0x4390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1772 | |
Title | net: usb: aqc111: fix error handling of usbnet read calls | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-07-03T08:35:56.526Z
Updated: 2025-07-28T04:13:42.491Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.990Z
Link: CVE-2025-38153

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-03T09:15:30.230
Modified: 2025-07-03T15:13:53.147
Link: CVE-2025-38153
