{"id":"CVE-2025-68289","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: f_eem: Fix memory leak in eem_unwrap\n\nThe existing code did not handle the failure case of usb_ep_queue in the\ncommand path, potentially leading to memory …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: f_eem: Fix memory leak in eem_unwrap\n\nThe existing code did not handle the failure case of usb_ep_queue in the\ncommand path, potentially leading to memory …","severity":"none","published":"2025-12-16","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T19:10:00.193","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68289","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ac07e476944a5e4c2b8b087dd167dec248c1bdf","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dea2e0069a7e9aa034696f8065945b7be6dd6b7","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41434488ca714ab15cb2a4d0378418d1be8052d2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a1628283cd9dccf1e44acfb74e77504f4dc7472","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9985a88b2fc29fbe1657fe8518908e261d6889c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4f5ce990818d37930cd9fb0be29eee0553c59d9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72c963177c708a167a7e17ed6c76320815157cf","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00207,"epssPercentile":0.10009,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T19:43:28.850Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68289","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: f_eem: Fix memory leak in eem_unwrap\n\nThe existing code did not handle the failure case of usb_ep_queue in the\ncommand path, potentially leading to memory leaks.\n\nImprove error handling to free all allocated resources on usb_ep_queue\nfailure. This patch continues to use goto logic for error handling, as the\nexisting error handling is complex and not easily adaptable to auto-cleanup\nhelpers.\n\nkmemleak results:\n  unreferenced object 0xffffff895a512300 (size 240):\n    backtrace:\n      slab_post_alloc_hook+0xbc/0x3a4\n      kmem_cache_alloc+0x1b4/0x358\n      skb_clone+0x90/0xd8\n      eem_unwrap+0x1cc/0x36c\n  unreferenced object 0xffffff8a157f4000 (size 256):\n    backtrace:\n      slab_post_alloc_hook+0xbc/0x3a4\n      __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b4/0x2dc\n      kmalloc_trace+0x48/0x140\n      dwc3_gadget_ep_alloc_request+0x58/0x11c\n      usb_ep_alloc_request+0x40/0xe4\n      eem_unwrap+0x204/0x36c\n  unreferenced object 0xffffff8aadbaac00 (size 128):\n    backtrace:\n      slab_post_alloc_hook+0xbc/0x3a4\n      __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b4/0x2dc\n      __kmalloc+0x64/0x1a8\n      eem_unwrap+0x218/0x36c\n  unreferenced object 0xffffff89ccef3500 (size 64):\n    backtrace:\n      slab_post_alloc_hook+0xbc/0x3a4\n      __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b4/0x2dc\n      kmalloc_trace+0x48/0x140\n      eem_unwrap+0x238/0x36c\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}