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GHSA-H5C7-P475-C26R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-11 21:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: sony: fix UAF of ghl_poke_timer / ghl_urb at driver unbind

For GHL (Guitar Hero Live) dongles, sony_probe() arms a periodic timer: ghl_magic_poke() (the timer callback) submits sc->ghl_urb, and the URB completion ghl_magic_poke_cb() re-arms the timer with mod_timer().

sony_remove() drained the timer with timer_delete_sync() and then freed the URB with usb_free_urb():

timer_delete_sync(&sc->ghl_poke_timer);
usb_free_urb(sc->ghl_urb);

timer_delete_sync() does not block re-arming, and while the URB is in flight the timer is not pending, so the sync delete is a no-op. A URB completion that runs after the delete re-arms the timer, and usb_free_urb() only drops a reference -- it does not kill an in-flight URB. sc is allocated with devm_kzalloc() and freed once sony_remove() returns, so the re-armed ghl_poke_timer (embedded in sc) then fires on freed memory, a use-after-free from timer softirq. This is a disconnect/rmmod race.

Poison the URB first, then shut the timer down, before freeing the URB. usb_poison_urb() kills any in-flight URB and permanently rejects further submissions, so a poke timer that is still pending cannot re-submit the URB from ghl_magic_poke() in the window before timer_shutdown_sync() runs. usb_kill_urb() would not suffice: it only cancels the in-flight URB and leaves it submittable once it returns, so the pending timer could re-submit it and put a fresh URB in flight over the freed sc. timer_shutdown_sync() then drains any last callback and blocks re-arming. The probe error path is unaffected: it is only reached before the timer is armed.

Reproduced under KASAN on next-20260710 via dummy_hcd + raw-gadget emulation of the GHL PS4 dongle (VID 0x1430 / PID 0x07bb): hid-sony binds and arms the poke timer, the poke URB is held in flight, the driver is unbound (freeing sc), then the URB is released. The completion re-arms the timer on the freed sc, and the re-armed timer fires ~8 s later:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ghl_magic_poke+0x98/0xb0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b02fd50 by task swapper/0/0 ghl_magic_poke+0x98/0xb0 call_timer_fn+0x35/0x2b0 __run_timers+0x69c/0x9a0 run_timer_softirq+0x173/0x2a0 Allocated by task 169: sony_probe Freed by task 338: devres_release_group <- hid_device_remove (sony_remove)

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-89625"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: sony: fix UAF of ghl_poke_timer / ghl_urb at driver unbind\n\nFor GHL (Guitar Hero Live) dongles, sony_probe() arms a periodic timer:\nghl_magic_poke() (the timer callback) submits sc-\u003eghl_urb, and the URB\ncompletion ghl_magic_poke_cb() re-arms the timer with mod_timer().\n\nsony_remove() drained the timer with timer_delete_sync() and then freed\nthe URB with usb_free_urb():\n\n\ttimer_delete_sync(\u0026sc-\u003eghl_poke_timer);\n\tusb_free_urb(sc-\u003eghl_urb);\n\ntimer_delete_sync() does not block re-arming, and while the URB is in\nflight the timer is not pending, so the sync delete is a no-op. A URB\ncompletion that runs after the delete re-arms the timer, and usb_free_urb()\nonly drops a reference -- it does not kill an in-flight URB. sc is\nallocated with devm_kzalloc() and freed once sony_remove() returns, so the\nre-armed ghl_poke_timer (embedded in sc) then fires on freed memory, a\nuse-after-free from timer softirq. This is a disconnect/rmmod race.\n\nPoison the URB first, then shut the timer down, before freeing the URB.\nusb_poison_urb() kills any in-flight URB and permanently rejects further\nsubmissions, so a poke timer that is still pending cannot re-submit the\nURB from ghl_magic_poke() in the window before timer_shutdown_sync() runs.\nusb_kill_urb() would not suffice: it only cancels the in-flight URB and\nleaves it submittable once it returns, so the pending timer could\nre-submit it and put a fresh URB in flight over the freed sc.\ntimer_shutdown_sync() then drains any last callback and blocks re-arming.\nThe probe error path is unaffected: it is only reached before the timer\nis armed.\n\nReproduced under KASAN on next-20260710 via dummy_hcd + raw-gadget\nemulation of the GHL PS4 dongle (VID 0x1430 / PID 0x07bb): hid-sony binds\nand arms the poke timer, the poke URB is held in flight, the driver is\nunbound (freeing sc), then the URB is released. The completion re-arms the\ntimer on the freed sc, and the re-armed timer fires ~8 s later:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ghl_magic_poke+0x98/0xb0\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b02fd50 by task swapper/0/0\n   ghl_magic_poke+0x98/0xb0\n   call_timer_fn+0x35/0x2b0\n   __run_timers+0x69c/0x9a0\n   run_timer_softirq+0x173/0x2a0\n  Allocated by task 169:  sony_probe\n  Freed by task 338:      devres_release_group \u003c- hid_device_remove (sony_remove)\n\nFound by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis.",
  "id": "GHSA-h5c7-p475-c26r",
  "modified": "2026-09-11T21:31:34Z",
  "published": "2026-09-11T21:31:34Z",
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CVE-2026-89625 (GCVE-0-2026-89625)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:45 – Updated: 2026-09-11 19:45

Title

HID: sony: fix UAF of ghl_poke_timer / ghl_urb at driver unbind

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: sony: fix UAF of ghl_poke_timer / ghl_urb at driver unbind For GHL (Guitar Hero Live) dongles, sony_probe() arms a periodic timer: ghl_magic_poke() (the timer callback) submits sc->ghl_urb, and the URB completion ghl_magic_poke_cb() re-arms the timer with mod_timer(). sony_remove() drained the timer with timer_delete_sync() and then freed the URB with usb_free_urb(): timer_delete_sync(&sc->ghl_poke_timer); usb_free_urb(sc->ghl_urb); timer_delete_sync() does not block re-arming, and while the URB is in flight the timer is not pending, so the sync delete is a no-op. A URB completion that runs after the delete re-arms the timer, and usb_free_urb() only drops a reference -- it does not kill an in-flight URB. sc is allocated with devm_kzalloc() and freed once sony_remove() returns, so the re-armed ghl_poke_timer (embedded in sc) then fires on freed memory, a use-after-free from timer softirq. This is a disconnect/rmmod race. Poison the URB first, then shut the timer down, before freeing the URB. usb_poison_urb() kills any in-flight URB and permanently rejects further submissions, so a poke timer that is still pending cannot re-submit the URB from ghl_magic_poke() in the window before timer_shutdown_sync() runs. usb_kill_urb() would not suffice: it only cancels the in-flight URB and leaves it submittable once it returns, so the pending timer could re-submit it and put a fresh URB in flight over the freed sc. timer_shutdown_sync() then drains any last callback and blocks re-arming. The probe error path is unaffected: it is only reached before the timer is armed. Reproduced under KASAN on next-20260710 via dummy_hcd + raw-gadget emulation of the GHL PS4 dongle (VID 0x1430 / PID 0x07bb): hid-sony binds and arms the poke timer, the poke URB is held in flight, the driver is unbound (freeing sc), then the URB is released. The completion re-arms the timer on the freed sc, and the re-armed timer fires ~8 s later: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ghl_magic_poke+0x98/0xb0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b02fd50 by task swapper/0/0 ghl_magic_poke+0x98/0xb0 call_timer_fn+0x35/0x2b0 __run_timers+0x69c/0x9a0 run_timer_softirq+0x173/0x2a0 Allocated by task 169: sony_probe Freed by task 338: devres_release_group <- hid_device_remove (sony_remove) Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/114a58640aaf3c2eb…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3155dc327344d286f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a26705bd2e2728833…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: cc894ac553605c9193a7a94372ff2f8af5766f46 , < 114a58640aaf3c2eb97b5b01c75ab5e541d15d9c (git) Affected: cc894ac553605c9193a7a94372ff2f8af5766f46 , < 3155dc327344d286f17345cd371be05e255a4328 (git) Affected: cc894ac553605c9193a7a94372ff2f8af5766f46 , < a26705bd2e2728833e7a538ce91e58a5eeff496a (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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