From: syzbot <syzbot+df9e891bf8ea586f846b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
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Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] usb: gadgetfs: fix use-after-free in ep_open()
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:44:59 -0700 [thread overview]
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Subject: [PATCH] usb: gadgetfs: fix use-after-free in ep_open()
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci
ep_open() dereferenced inode->i_private and locked its embedded
mutex before checking whether the underlying ep_data was still
alive. destroy_ep_files(), called from gadgetfs_unbind(), can free
that same ep_data concurrently, since nothing prevented an in-flight
open() from racing the teardown. KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free
read inside __mutex_lock_common() from ep_open(), with the object
freed by a concurrent gadgetfs_unbind() -> destroy_ep_files() ->
put_ep() -> kfree().
This race was identified by Al Viro on LKML in 2006 ("races in
drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c") but never fixed in ep_open() itself.
Fix it by checking dev->state and reading inode->i_private only
under dev->lock, and pinning the result with get_ep() before
dev->lock is dropped and before data->lock is touched. dev is
reached via the file-scope singleton the_device, which stays valid
for the duration of any open() in progress, so no dereference of
ep_data happens before its liveness is confirmed.
This depends on dev->state being set to STATE_DEV_UNBOUND under
dev->lock before destroy_ep_files() is called. gadgetfs_unbind()
already does this; activate_ep_files()'s enomem0 cleanup path did
not, leaving the same race open on the bind-failure path. This patch
adds the missing state transition there too.
Reported-by: syzbot+df9e891bf8ea586f846b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=df9e891bf8ea586f846b
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
index d87a8ab51510..0d0989d79020 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ static void put_ep (struct ep_data *data)
static const char *CHIP;
static DEFINE_MUTEX(sb_mutex); /* Serialize superblock operations */
+static struct dev_data *the_device;
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -817,25 +818,39 @@ ep_config (struct ep_data *data, const char *buf, size_t len)
static int
ep_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *fd)
{
- struct ep_data *data = inode->i_private;
- int value = -EBUSY;
+ struct dev_data *dev = the_device;
+ struct ep_data *data;
+ int value = -ENODEV;
+
+ spin_lock_irq (&dev->lock);
+ if (dev->state == STATE_DEV_UNBOUND) {
+ spin_unlock_irq (&dev->lock);
+ return -ENOENT;
+ }
+ data = inode->i_private;
+ get_ep (data);
+ spin_unlock_irq (&dev->lock);
- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&data->lock) != 0)
+ if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&data->lock) != 0) {
+ put_ep (data);
return -EINTR;
- spin_lock_irq (&data->dev->lock);
- if (data->dev->state == STATE_DEV_UNBOUND)
+ }
+
+ value = -EBUSY;
+ spin_lock_irq (&dev->lock);
+ if (dev->state == STATE_DEV_UNBOUND)
value = -ENOENT;
else if (data->state == STATE_EP_DISABLED) {
value = 0;
data->state = STATE_EP_READY;
- get_ep (data);
fd->private_data = data;
- VDEBUG (data->dev, "%s ready\n", data->name);
+ VDEBUG (dev, "%s ready\n", data->name);
} else
- DBG (data->dev, "%s state %d\n",
- data->name, data->state);
- spin_unlock_irq (&data->dev->lock);
+ DBG (dev, "%s state %d\n", data->name, data->state);
+ spin_unlock_irq (&dev->lock);
mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
+ if (value)
+ put_ep (data);
return value;
}
@@ -1632,6 +1647,9 @@ static int activate_ep_files (struct dev_data *dev)
kfree (data);
enomem0:
DBG (dev, "%s enomem\n", __func__);
+ spin_lock_irq (&dev->lock);
+ dev->state = STATE_DEV_UNBOUND;
+ spin_unlock_irq (&dev->lock);
destroy_ep_files (dev);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -1663,8 +1681,6 @@ gadgetfs_unbind (struct usb_gadget *gadget)
put_dev (dev);
}
-static struct dev_data *the_device;
-
static int gadgetfs_bind(struct usb_gadget *gadget,
struct usb_gadget_driver *driver)
{
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-31 4:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-31 1:28 [syzbot] [usb?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ep_open syzbot
2026-07-31 4:26 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] usb: gadgetfs: fix use-after-free in ep_open() syzbot
2026-07-31 4:44 ` syzbot [this message]
2026-07-31 8:09 ` syzbot
2026-07-31 11:40 ` Forwarded: [PATCH v2] " syzbot
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