From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] ALSA: usb: hiface: Avoid embedded URBs
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 16:56:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903145648.1914352-3-tiwai@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903145648.1914352-1-tiwai@suse.de>
The hiface driver uses URBs embedded in struct pcm_urb, and this is
basically a buggy implementation nowadays; since a URB is managed with
a refcount, this may lead to a UAF when the URB is released
asynchronously.
For addressing the problem, this patch converts the embedded URBs to
ones that are properly allocated via usb_alloc_urb().
The conversion is rather straightforward; pcm_urb.instance became a
pointer, assigned/freed via usb_alloc_urb() and usb_free_urb(), and
the call with this is corrected accordingly.
No functional changes, only compile-tested.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260903130757.0668310a.michal.pecio@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
---
sound/usb/hiface/pcm.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/usb/hiface/pcm.c b/sound/usb/hiface/pcm.c
index cd1a4c871c5d..9571c9eabd57 100644
--- a/sound/usb/hiface/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/usb/hiface/pcm.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
struct pcm_urb {
struct hiface_chip *chip;
- struct urb instance;
+ struct urb *instance;
struct usb_anchor submitted;
u8 *buffer;
};
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void hiface_pcm_stream_stop(struct pcm_runtime *rt)
if (!time)
usb_kill_anchored_urbs(
&rt->out_urbs[i].submitted);
- usb_kill_urb(&rt->out_urbs[i].instance);
+ usb_kill_urb(rt->out_urbs[i].instance);
}
rt->stream_state = STREAM_DISABLED;
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ static int hiface_pcm_stream_start(struct pcm_runtime *rt)
rt->stream_state = STREAM_STARTING;
for (i = 0; i < PCM_N_URBS; i++) {
memset(rt->out_urbs[i].buffer, 0, PCM_PACKET_SIZE);
- usb_anchor_urb(&rt->out_urbs[i].instance,
+ usb_anchor_urb(rt->out_urbs[i].instance,
&rt->out_urbs[i].submitted);
- ret = usb_submit_urb(&rt->out_urbs[i].instance,
+ ret = usb_submit_urb(rt->out_urbs[i].instance,
GFP_ATOMIC);
if (ret) {
hiface_pcm_stream_stop(rt);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static void hiface_pcm_out_urb_handler(struct urb *usb_urb)
if (do_period_elapsed)
snd_pcm_period_elapsed(sub->instance);
- ret = usb_submit_urb(&out_urb->instance, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ ret = usb_submit_urb(out_urb->instance, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (ret < 0)
goto out_fail;
@@ -492,16 +492,18 @@ static int hiface_pcm_init_urb(struct pcm_urb *urb,
void (*handler)(struct urb *))
{
urb->chip = chip;
- usb_init_urb(&urb->instance);
+ urb->instance = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!urb->instance)
+ return -ENOMEM;
urb->buffer = kzalloc(PCM_PACKET_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!urb->buffer)
return -ENOMEM;
- usb_fill_bulk_urb(&urb->instance, chip->dev,
+ usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb->instance, chip->dev,
usb_sndbulkpipe(chip->dev, ep), (void *)urb->buffer,
PCM_PACKET_SIZE, handler, urb);
- if (usb_urb_ep_type_check(&urb->instance))
+ if (usb_urb_ep_type_check(urb->instance))
return -EINVAL;
init_usb_anchor(&urb->submitted);
@@ -525,8 +527,10 @@ static void hiface_pcm_destroy(struct hiface_chip *chip)
struct pcm_runtime *rt = chip->pcm;
int i;
- for (i = 0; i < PCM_N_URBS; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < PCM_N_URBS; i++) {
+ usb_free_urb(rt->out_urbs[i].instance);
kfree(rt->out_urbs[i].buffer);
+ }
kfree(chip->pcm);
chip->pcm = NULL;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 14:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 14:56 [PATCH 0/3] ALSA: usb: Avoid embedded URBs Takashi Iwai
2026-09-03 14:56 ` [PATCH 1/3] ALSA: usb: ua101: " Takashi Iwai
2026-09-03 14:56 ` Takashi Iwai [this message]
2026-09-03 14:56 ` [PATCH 3/3] ALSA: usb: 6fire: " Takashi Iwai
2026-09-03 15:52 ` [PATCH 0/3] ALSA: usb: " Takashi Iwai
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