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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jul 3, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 17, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

usb: renesas_usbhs: Reorder clock handling and power management in probe

Reorder the initialization sequence in usbhs_probe() to enable runtime
PM before accessing registers, preventing potential crashes due to
uninitialized clocks.

Currently, in the probe path, registers are accessed before enabling the
clocks, leading to a synchronous external abort on the RZ/V2H SoC.
The problematic call flow is as follows:

usbhs_probe()
    usbhs_sys_clock_ctrl()
        usbhs_bset()
            usbhs_write()
                iowrite16()  <-- Register access before enabling clocks

Since iowrite16() is performed without ensuring the required clocks are
enabled, this can lead to access errors. To fix this, enable PM runtime
early in the probe function and ensure clocks are acquired before register
access, preventing crashes like the following on RZ/V2H:

[13.272640] Internal error: synchronous external abort: 0000000096000010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[13.280814] Modules linked in: cec renesas_usbhs(+) drm_kms_helper fuse drm backlight ipv6
[13.289088] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 195 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.14.0-rc7+ #98
[13.296640] Hardware name: Renesas RZ/V2H EVK Board based on r9a09g057h44 (DT)
[13.303834] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[13.310770] pc : usbhs_bset+0x14/0x4c [renesas_usbhs]
[13.315831] lr : usbhs_probe+0x2e4/0x5ac [renesas_usbhs]
[13.321138] sp : ffff8000827e3850
[13.324438] x29: ffff8000827e3860 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff8000827e3ca0
[13.331554] x26: ffff8000827e3ba0 x25: ffff800081729668 x24: 0000000000000025
[13.338670] x23: ffff0000c0f08000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff0000c0f08010
[13.345783] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff0000c3b52080 x18: 00000000ffffffff
[13.352895] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff8000827e36ce
[13.360009] x14: 00000000000003d7 x13: 00000000000003d7 x12: 0000000000000000
[13.367122] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000aa0 x9 : ffff8000827e3750
[13.374235] x8 : ffff0000c1850b00 x7 : 0000000003826060 x6 : 000000000000001c
[13.381347] x5 : 000000030d5fcc00 x4 : ffff8000825c0000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[13.388459] x2 : 0000000000000400 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000c3b52080
[13.395574] Call trace:
[13.398013] usbhs_bset+0x14/0x4c [renesas_usbhs] (P)
[13.403076] platform_probe+0x68/0xdc
[13.406738] really_probe+0xbc/0x2c0
[13.410306] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x120
[13.414653] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x154
[13.418825] __driver_attach+0x90/0x1a0
[13.422647] bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xe0
[13.426470] driver_attach+0x24/0x30
[13.430032] bus_add_driver+0xe4/0x208
[13.433766] driver_register+0x68/0x130
[13.437587] __platform_driver_register+0x24/0x30
[13.442273] renesas_usbhs_driver_init+0x20/0x1000 [renesas_usbhs]
[13.448450] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x1d4
[13.452276] do_init_module+0x54/0x1f8
[13.456014] load_module+0x1754/0x1c98
[13.459750] init_module_from_file+0x88/0xcc
[13.464004] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x1c4/0x328
[13.468689] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x104
[13.472426] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0
[13.477113] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[13.480415] el0_svc+0x30/0xcc
[13.483460] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x10c/0x138
[13.487800] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
[13.491453] Code: 2a0103e1 12003c42 12003c63 8b010084 (79400084)
[13.497522] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 3, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 3, 2025
Last updated Dec 17, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(28th percentile)

Weaknesses

Use of Uninitialized Resource

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-38136

GHSA ID

GHSA-4xq6-m26v-vqpr

Source code

No known source code

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