# CVE-2022-49980: USB: gadget: Fix use-after-free Read in usb_udc_uevent()

> A race condition in the Linux kernel USB gadget driver allows a use-after-free, potentially leading to system crashes or code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-70220, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49980, GHSA-w97r-pxm9-vm23, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49980, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49980, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49980

## What is CVE-2022-49980?

CVE-2022-49980 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

USB: gadget: Fix use-after-free Read in usb_udc_uevent()

The syzbot fuzzer found a race between uevent callbacks and gadget
driver unregistration that can cause a use-after-free bug:

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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in usb_udc_uevent+0x11f/0x130
drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1732
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888078ce2050 by task udevd/2968

CPU: 1 PID: 2968 Comm: udevd Not tainted 5.19.0-rc4-next-20220628-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google
06/29/2022
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline]
 print_report.cold+0x2ba/0x719 mm/kasan/report.c:433
 kasan_report+0xbe/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:495
 usb_udc_uevent+0x11f/0x130 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1732
 dev_uevent+0x290/0x770 drivers/base/core.c:2424
---------------------------------------------------------------

The bug occurs because usb_udc_uevent() dereferences udc->driver but
does so without acquiring the udc_lock mutex, which protects this
field.  If the gadget driver is unbound from the udc concurrently with
uevent processing, the driver structure may be accessed after it has
been deallocated.

To prevent the race, we make sure that the routine holds the mutex
around the racing accesses.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49980?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49980?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49980 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49980 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49980/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49980
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49980
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49980

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49980/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.