Re: [PATCH] usb: chipidea: otg: fix invalid role name print when no current role

[Frank Li <Frank.li@oss.nxp.com>]

On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 02:01:50PM +0800, Xu Yang wrote:
> From: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
>
> ci_handle_id_switch() prints the role transition via ci_role(ci)->name
> for the current role, but when ci->role is CI_ROLE_END (no role
> assigned yet), ci_role(ci) call BUG_ON() and return ci->roles[CI_ROLE_END]
> which is NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference in the debug print.

This should be out of boundery access,

struct ci_role_driver           *roles[CI_ROLE_END];

ci->roles[CI_ROLE_END] to access next field,
        enum ci_role                    role;
        bool                            is_otg;

NULL should be "luck" value.

>
> This can happen if ci_role_start() fails during a role switch, since
> ci_role_stop() has already set ci->role to CI_ROLE_END.
>
> Fix it by printing "none" instead of dereferencing ci_role(ci)->name
> when ci->role is CI_ROLE_END.
>
> Fixes: cbec6bd55a45 ("usb: chipidea: move otg related things to otg file")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/chipidea/otg.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/otg.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/otg.c
> index fecc7d7e2f0d..457417e81b78 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/otg.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/otg.c
> @@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ void ci_handle_id_switch(struct ci_hdrc *ci)
>  	role = ci_otg_role(ci);
>  	if (role != ci->role) {
>  		dev_dbg(ci->dev, "switching from %s to %s\n",
> -			ci_role(ci)->name, ci->roles[role]->name);
> +			ci->role == CI_ROLE_END ? "none" : ci_role(ci)->name,
> +			ci->roles[role]->name);

This is out of boundery check

	ci->role >= CI_ROLE_END  or ci-role < CI_ROLE_END, and revert :

Frank

>
>  		if (ci->vbus_active && ci->role == CI_ROLE_GADGET)
>  			/*
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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