FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_mass_storage: fix null pointer dereference in" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 2c0f5ca48674a5b5f9fa4a9c3325aa48053af0bc
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090850-ethics-surfer-b50f@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 2c0f5ca48674a5b5f9fa4a9c3325aa48053af0bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:29:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_mass_storage: fix null pointer dereference in
 fsg_common_set_num_buffers()

Previously fsg_num_buffers_validate() was removed as it was not
necessary due to Kconfig setting the limits for n from 2 to 256 with
default as 2. However, setting the page content in such a way that
kstrtou8() reflects n value as either 0 or 1 bypasses these
restrictions leading to a null pointer dereference if n is 0. Fix
this by adding a check for n < 2 and returning -EINVAL if n is
either 0 or 1 consistent with Kconfig logic.

Reported-by: syzbot+791be35f1fbcc85d06d7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=791be35f1fbcc85d06d7
Fixes: fe5a6c48fd95 ("usb: gadget: storage: get rid of fsg_num_buffers_validate()")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260818035904.10324-1-jeffinphilip14@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c
index 1a0fbc808ee2..fc4818fb2a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_mass_storage.c
@@ -2747,6 +2747,9 @@ int fsg_common_set_num_buffers(struct fsg_common *common, unsigned int n)
 	struct fsg_buffhd *bh, *buffhds;
 	int i;
 
+	if (n < 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	buffhds = kzalloc_objs(*buffhds, n);
 	if (!buffhds)
 		return -ENOMEM;