From: Jie Wang <jie.wang@intel.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net,
accessrunner-general@lists.sourceforge.net,
syzbot+9b195c4f412ea5c4e56a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Jie Wang <jie.wang@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] usb: atm: cxacru: fix NULL deref of atm_dev on sysfs writes
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 15:02:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908150203.2119844-1-jie.wang@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f3ef0a67-79d7-47da-be6e-7e82d92e68fe@mail.kernel.org>
The adsl_state and adsl_config sysfs attributes are created via
dev_groups, so the driver core exposes them as soon as ->probe()
returns. At that point instance->atm_dev can still be NULL:
usbatm_heavy_init() only waits for the heavy-init kthread to start, not
to finish, and instance->atm_dev is assigned later, in usbatm_atm_init().
A write to either attribute in that window passes the existing
"instance == NULL" check and reaches atm_err()/atm_info() on the error
path (and, for adsl_config, on the success path). Both expand to
instance->atm_dev->number and dereference the NULL atm_dev.
Fix this by logging with usb_err()/usb_info() instead. They reference the
USB interface device, which stays valid for the whole write, and
usbatm_atm_init() already logs this way before atm_dev exists.
adsl_state_store() also calls cxacru_poll_status() directly, which
dereferences atm_dev via atm_dev_signal_change() and atm_dev->link_rate.
Return early from the poll when atm_dev is not yet set.
Fixes: e605c30977bb ("USB: atm: cxacru: convert to use dev_groups")
Reported-by: syzbot+9b195c4f412ea5c4e56a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9b195c4f412ea5c4e56a
Tested-by: syzbot+9b195c4f412ea5c4e56a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jie Wang <jie.wang@intel.com>
---
Changes since v1 [1]:
- v1 gated on ->atm_dev at handler entry, but that check is an
unsynchronized TOCTOU; remove the ->atm_dev dereference from these
paths instead.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/f3ef0a67-79d7-47da-be6e-7e82d92e68fe@mail.kernel.org/
drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c b/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c
index 75d87c31e81f4..4322553f2902c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static ssize_t adsl_state_store(struct device *dev,
if (!strcmp(str_cmd, "stop") || !strcmp(str_cmd, "restart")) {
ret = cxacru_cm(instance, CM_REQUEST_CHIP_ADSL_LINE_STOP, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
- atm_err(instance->usbatm, "change adsl state:"
+ usb_err(instance->usbatm, "change adsl state:"
" CHIP_ADSL_LINE_STOP returned %d\n", ret);
ret = -EIO;
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static ssize_t adsl_state_store(struct device *dev,
if (!strcmp(str_cmd, "start") || !strcmp(str_cmd, "restart")) {
ret = cxacru_cm(instance, CM_REQUEST_CHIP_ADSL_LINE_START, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
- atm_err(instance->usbatm, "change adsl state:"
+ usb_err(instance->usbatm, "change adsl state:"
" CHIP_ADSL_LINE_START returned %d\n", ret);
ret = -EIO;
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static ssize_t adsl_config_store(struct device *dev,
ret = cxacru_cm(instance, CM_REQUEST_CARD_DATA_SET,
(u8 *) data, 4 + num * 8, NULL, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
- atm_err(instance->usbatm,
+ usb_err(instance->usbatm,
"set card data returned %d\n", ret);
return -EIO;
}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static ssize_t adsl_config_store(struct device *dev,
snprintf(log + tmp*12, 13, " %02x=%08x",
le32_to_cpu(data[tmp * 2 + 1]),
le32_to_cpu(data[tmp * 2 + 2]));
- atm_info(instance->usbatm, "config%s\n", log);
+ usb_info(instance->usbatm, "config%s\n", log);
num = 0;
}
}
@@ -827,6 +827,12 @@ static void cxacru_poll_status(struct work_struct *work)
int keep_polling = 1;
int ret;
+ /* adsl_state_store() calls this directly, before the heavy-init thread
+ * has set up atm_dev; bail out rather than dereference NULL below.
+ */
+ if (!atm_dev)
+ return;
+
ret = cxacru_cm_get_array(instance, CM_REQUEST_CARD_INFO_GET, buf, CXINF_MAX);
if (ret < 0) {
if (ret != -ESHUTDOWN)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 7:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 14:40 [PATCH] usb: atm: cxacru: fix NULL pointer dereference on uninitialized atm_dev syzbot
2026-09-02 8:42 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-08 15:02 ` Jie Wang [this message]
2026-09-10 12:47 ` [PATCH v2] usb: atm: cxacru: fix NULL deref of atm_dev on sysfs writes Greg Kroah-Hartman
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