GHSA-GVWQ-WR3V-V8JG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-16 12:30 – Updated: 2026-01-07 21:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

phy: tegra: xusb: Fix unbalanced regulator disable in UTMI PHY mode

When transitioning from USB_ROLE_DEVICE to USB_ROLE_NONE, the code assumed that the regulator should be disabled. However, if the regulator is marked as always-on, regulator_is_enabled() continues to return true, leading to an incorrect attempt to disable a regulator which is not enabled.

This can result in warnings such as:

[ 250.155624] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 7326 at drivers/regulator/core.c:3004 _regulator_disable+0xe4/0x1a0 [ 250.155652] unbalanced disables for VIN_SYS_5V0

To fix this, we move the regulator control logic into tegra186_xusb_padctl_id_override() function since it's directly related to the ID override state. The regulator is now only disabled when the role transitions from USB_ROLE_HOST to USB_ROLE_NONE, by checking the VBUS_ID register. This ensures that regulator enable/disable operations are properly balanced and only occur when actually transitioning to/from host mode.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-38535"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-16T12:15:29Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nphy: tegra: xusb: Fix unbalanced regulator disable in UTMI PHY mode\n\nWhen transitioning from USB_ROLE_DEVICE to USB_ROLE_NONE, the code\nassumed that the regulator should be disabled. However, if the regulator\nis marked as always-on, regulator_is_enabled() continues to return true,\nleading to an incorrect attempt to disable a regulator which is not\nenabled.\n\nThis can result in warnings such as:\n\n[  250.155624] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 7326 at drivers/regulator/core.c:3004\n_regulator_disable+0xe4/0x1a0\n[  250.155652] unbalanced disables for VIN_SYS_5V0\n\nTo fix this, we move the regulator control logic into\ntegra186_xusb_padctl_id_override() function since it\u0027s directly related\nto the ID override state. The regulator is now only disabled when the role\ntransitions from USB_ROLE_HOST to USB_ROLE_NONE, by checking the VBUS_ID\nregister. This ensures that regulator enable/disable operations are\nproperly balanced and only occur when actually transitioning to/from host\nmode.",
  "id": "GHSA-gvwq-wr3v-v8jg",
  "modified": "2026-01-07T21:31:38Z",
  "published": "2025-08-16T12:30:33Z",
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    {
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"
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