From: Rafael Alejandro Diaz Cruz <rafad900@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Rafael Alejandro Diaz Cruz <rafad900@gmail.com>,
syzbot+4a5c87a01894ca37f25c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH usb-next v1] USB: gadgetfs: Fix use-after-free in gadgetfs_kill_sb
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:18:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828061829.566256-1-rafad900@gmail.com> (raw)
When gadgetfs_fill_super() fails, it's error path calls
put_dev() which drops refcount inside the_device to 0
and frees the objet. But the_device pointer is not
cleared, leading to point at freed memory.
VFS will then call gadgetfs_kill_sb() after mount
failure leading to put_dev() to be called on the
already freed pointer.
Fix by setting the_device = NULL during error path
before calling put_dev() inside gadgetfs_fill_super()
so that gadgetfs_kill_sb() skips put_dev().
Reported-by: syzbot+4a5c87a01894ca37f25c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4a5c87a01894ca37f25c
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Rafael Alejandro Diaz Cruz <rafad900@gmail.com>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
index d87a8ab51510..77efa984ce84 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
@@ -2059,6 +2059,7 @@ gadgetfs_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
rc = gadgetfs_create_file(sb, CHIP, dev, &ep0_operations);
if (rc) {
put_dev(dev);
+ the_device = NULL;
goto Enomem;
}
@@ -2066,6 +2067,7 @@ gadgetfs_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
* from binding to a controller.
*/
the_device = dev;
+ get_dev(dev);
rc = 0;
goto Done;
--
2.43.0
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2026-08-28 6:18 Rafael Alejandro Diaz Cruz [this message]
2026-08-28 14:00 ` [PATCH usb-next v1] USB: gadgetfs: Fix use-after-free in gadgetfs_kill_sb Alan Stern
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