# CVE-2025-22052: staging: gpib: Fix Oops after disconnect in ni\_usb

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: gpib: Fix Oops after disconnect in ni_usb If the usb dongle is disconnected subsequent calls to the driver cause a NULL dereference Oops as the bus_interface is set to NULL on disconnect. This problem was introduced by setting usb_dev from the bus_interface for dev_xxx messages. Previously bus_interface was checked for NULL only in the the functions directly calling usb_fill_bulk_urb or usb_control_msg. Check for valid bus_interface on all interface entry points and return -ENODEV if it is NULL.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d8d7959077c5d4b11d0dc6bd2167791fd1c72e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc98ba6f7304c188b267ef481281849638447bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a239c6e91b665f1837cf57b97fe638ef1baf2e78

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