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CVE-2025-68194— media: imon: make send_packet() more robust

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于错误处理不当，可能导致RCU停滞。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.21% · P11

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< 519737af11c03590819a6eec2ad532cfdb87ea63 affected
21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< f58ab83b7b7133e6baefe03a46846c4f6ce45e2f affected
21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< 26f6a1dd5d81ad61a875a747698da6f27abf389b affected
21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< 667afd4681781f60a644cd0d2ee6c59cb1c36208 affected
21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< 8231e80118463be5598daaf266c1c83650f1948b affected
21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< 0213e4175abbb9dfcbf7c197e3817d527f459ad5 affected
21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< f7f3ecb4934fff782fa9bb1cd16e2290c041b22d affected
21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7< eecd203ada43a4693ce6fdd3a58ae10c7819252c affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-68194

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Vulnerability Title
media: imon: make send_packet() more robust
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imon: make send_packet() more robust syzbot is reporting that imon has three problems which result in hung tasks due to forever holding device lock [1]. First problem is that when usb_rx_callback_intf0() once got -EPROTO error after ictx->dev_present_intf0 became true, usb_rx_callback_intf0() resubmits urb after printk(), and resubmitted urb causes usb_rx_callback_intf0() to again get -EPROTO error. This results in printk() flooding (RCU stalls). Alan Stern commented [2] that In theory it's okay to resubmit _if_ the driver has a robust error-recovery scheme (such as giving up after some fixed limit on the number of errors or after some fixed time has elapsed, perhaps with a time delay to prevent a flood of errors). Most drivers don't bother to do this; they simply give up right away. This makes them more vulnerable to short-term noise interference during USB transfers, but in reality such interference is quite rare. There's nothing really wrong with giving up right away. but imon has a poor error-recovery scheme which just retries forever; this behavior should be fixed. Since I'm not sure whether it is safe for imon users to give up upon any error code, this patch takes care of only union of error codes chosen from modules in drivers/media/rc/ directory which handle -EPROTO error (i.e. ir_toy, mceusb and igorplugusb). Second problem is that when usb_rx_callback_intf0() once got -EPROTO error before ictx->dev_present_intf0 becomes true, usb_rx_callback_intf0() always resubmits urb due to commit 8791d63af0cf ("[media] imon: don't wedge hardware after early callbacks"). Move the ictx->dev_present_intf0 test introduced by commit 6f6b90c9231a ("[media] imon: don't parse scancodes until intf configured") to immediately before imon_incoming_packet(), or the first problem explained above happens without printk() flooding (i.e. hung task). Third problem is that when usb_rx_callback_intf0() is not called for some reason (e.g. flaky hardware; the reproducer for this problem sometimes prevents usb_rx_callback_intf0() from being called), wait_for_completion_interruptible() in send_packet() never returns (i.e. hung task). As a workaround for such situation, change send_packet() to wait for completion with timeout of 10 seconds.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于错误处理不当，可能导致RCU停滞。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux 21677cfc562a27e099719d413287bc8d1d24deb7 ~ 519737af11c03590819a6eec2ad532cfdb87ea63 -
Linux Linux 2.6.35 -

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Other References for CVE-2025-68194 (8)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-12-16 · 156 CVEs total

CVE-2025-68284 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key()
CVE-2025-40350 9.8 CRITICAL net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for striding RQ
CVE-2025-68263 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipc_msg_send_request
CVE-2025-68301 9.8 CRITICAL net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path
CVE-2025-68192 9.8 CRITICAL net: usb: qmi_wwan: initialize MAC header offset in qmimux_rx_fixup
CVE-2025-68285 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map()
CVE-2025-68315 9.8 CRITICAL f2fs: fix to detect potential corrupted nid in free_nid_list
CVE-2025-68226 8.8 HIGH smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker()
CVE-2025-68255 8.8 HIGH staging: rtl8723bs: fix stack buffer overflow in OnAssocReq IE parsing
CVE-2025-68256 8.8 HIGH staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in rtw_get_ie() parser
CVE-2025-68304 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_core: lookup hci_conn on RX path on protocol side
CVE-2025-68314 8.8 HIGH drm/msm: make sure last_fence is always updated
CVE-2025-40362 8.8 HIGH ceph: fix multifs mds auth caps issue
CVE-2025-68250 8.2 HIGH hung_task: fix warnings caused by unaligned lock pointers
CVE-2025-68183 7.8 HIGH ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr
CVE-2025-68212 7.8 HIGH fs: Fix uninitialized 'offp' in statmount_string()
CVE-2025-68208 7.8 HIGH bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars()
CVE-2025-68207 7.8 HIGH drm/xe/guc: Synchronize Dead CT worker with unbind
CVE-2025-68303 7.8 HIGH platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: fix memory corruption
CVE-2025-68181 7.8 HIGH drm/radeon: Remove calls to drm_put_dev()

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