From: pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: michael.christie@oracle.com, nab@linux-iscsi.org, mkp@kernel.org,
leitao@debian.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com>,
syzbot+a9efa71b884a23e74153@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] usb: gadget: f_tcm: avoid NULL dereference in usbg_make_tpg()
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:35:23 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915080523.15979-1-pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com>
usbg_make_tpg() can race with creation of USB gadget function
instance. tcm_alloc_inst() adds the function instance to
tpg_instances before configfs links the item to its parent group.
As a result, usbg_make_tpg() can find the instance while its
ci_group is still NULL. Passing this item to
configfs_depend_item_unlocked() then causes a NULL pointer
dereference.
Verify that ci_group is set before calling configfs_depend_item_unlocked()
and fail TPG creation if the item has not been linked yet.
keep this validation in f_tcm instead of changing the configfs API to
accept unlinked items.
Reported-by: syzbot+a9efa71b884a23e74153@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a9efa71b884a23e74153
Fixes: 4bb8548df632 ("usb: gadget: f_tcm: add configfs support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Move the NULL check from configfs to f_tcm.
- Restore configfs_depend_item_unlocked() to its original behaviour
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260914094426.25595-1-pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com/T/
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c
index 9e6d4f39900a..2c2cf1164edf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c
@@ -1682,6 +1682,9 @@ static struct se_portal_group *usbg_make_tpg(struct se_wwn *wwn,
if (!try_module_get(opts->dependent))
goto unlock_inst;
} else {
+ if (!READ_ONCE(opts->func_inst.group.cg_item.ci_group))
+ goto unlock_inst;
+
/*
* configfs_depend_item_unlocked() may acquire the configfs
* root inode lock when the target belongs to a different
--
2.43.0
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