CVE-2021-46941

usb: dwc3: core: Do core softreset when switch mode

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Feb 27, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Feb 25, 2024

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Description

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

usb: dwc3: core: Do core softreset when switch mode

According to the programming guide, to switch mode for DRD controller, the driver needs to do the following.

To switch from device to host: 1. Reset controller with GCTL.CoreSoftReset 2. Set GCTL.PrtCapDir(host mode) 3. Reset the host with USBCMD.HCRESET 4. Then follow up with the initializing host registers sequence

To switch from host to device: 1. Reset controller with GCTL.CoreSoftReset 2. Set GCTL.PrtCapDir(device mode) 3. Reset the device with DCTL.CSftRst 4. Then follow up with the initializing registers sequence

Currently we're missing step 1) to do GCTL.CoreSoftReset and step 3) of switching from host to device. John Stult reported a lockup issue seen with HiKey960 platform without these steps[1]. Similar issue is observed with Ferry's testing platform[2].

So, apply the required steps along with some fixes to Yu Chen's and John Stultz's version. The main fixes to their versions are the missing wait for clocks synchronization before clearing GCTL.CoreSoftReset and only apply DCTL.CSftRst when switching from host to device.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20210108015115.27920-1-john.stultz@linaro.org/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/0ba7a6ba-e6a7-9cd4-0695-64fc927e01f1@gmail.com/

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 41ce1456e1dbbc7355d0fcc10cf7c337c13def24 to before fce7bbcd07d59ac30dba8ce225316b3b4c1c7b50Affected
  • 41ce1456e1dbbc7355d0fcc10cf7c337c13def24 to before 800f58217626c8b147aa40660e572ed8a0d56e3bAffected
  • 41ce1456e1dbbc7355d0fcc10cf7c337c13def24 to before 1c10fd60c8595ea7ff7e29d3cf1fa88069941da3Affected
  • 41ce1456e1dbbc7355d0fcc10cf7c337c13def24 to before f88359e1588b85cf0e8209ab7d6620085f3441d9Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.12Affected
  • before 4.12Not affected
  • 5.10.36 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.11.20 through 5.11.*Not affected
  • 5.12.3 through 5.12.*Not affected
  • 5.13 and laterNot affected

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