From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org, dakr@kernel.org
Cc: driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] driver core: bind a device with a preset driver even without autoprobe
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 23:12:53 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008161253.138698-1-ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008144859.25548-1-ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
usb_driver_claim_interface() may claim an interface that is not yet
registered, in which case it only sets dev->driver and relies on the
later device_add() to bind it via __device_attach(). With the bus
drivers_autoprobe disabled, device_initial_probe() skips the attach, so
the device is registered with dev->driver set but never added to the
driver's klist.
Releasing such a device (from usb_driver_release_interface() or from
sysfs unbind) makes __device_release_driver() call klist_remove() on an
unattached node and dereference a NULL klist:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x58-0x5f]
RIP: klist_put+0x4d/0x1d0
klist_remove+0x14c/0x2e0
device_release_driver_internal+0x4fb/0x620
usb_driver_release_interface+0x10e/0x190
cdc_ncm_unbind+0x2ac/0x350
usbnet_disconnect+0x1e2/0x300
usb_unbind_interface+0x1dd/0x9e0
Autoprobe only governs matching drivers to devices; a device that
already has a driver needs no matching, just the bind that was promised
at claim time. Do that bind under the device lock when autoprobe is
off, so that a concurrently cleared dev->driver cannot fall through to
probing every driver on the bus.
Reported-by: syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=863936f50214e843ae0c
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
---
v3: Sashiko noted that the lockless dev->driver check in v2 could race
with dev->driver being cleared, letting __device_attach() probe every
driver despite autoprobe being off. Do the preset bind in a helper that
checks dev->driver under the device lock.
v2: fix the unbound state itself rather than usb_driver_release_interface()
(a sysfs unbind would still hit it).
Tested with the syzbot C reproducer in QEMU (KASAN, dummy_hcd). The
race that leaves the interface unbound is rare, so to make it
deterministic I temporarily made device_initial_probe() behave as if
autoprobe were off whenever dev->driver is set: the unpatched logic
oopses 3/3, with this patch 0/4 (64 USB connects each). The plain
patched kernel shows no oops either.
drivers/base/dd.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 137bf1dea333..bb1e76bf6122 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1142,6 +1142,16 @@ int device_attach(struct device *dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_attach);
+/* Bind a device whose driver was set before device_add(), no matching. */
+static void device_bind_preset(struct device *dev)
+{
+ device_lock(dev);
+ if (!dev->p->dead && dev->driver && !device_is_bound(dev) &&
+ device_bind_driver(dev))
+ device_set_driver(dev, NULL);
+ device_unlock(dev);
+}
+
void device_initial_probe(struct device *dev)
{
struct subsys_private *sp = bus_to_subsys(dev->bus);
@@ -1149,9 +1159,10 @@ void device_initial_probe(struct device *dev)
if (!sp)
return;
- /* a device with a preset driver must still be bound */
- if (sp->drivers_autoprobe || dev->driver)
+ if (sp->drivers_autoprobe)
__device_attach(dev, true);
+ else
+ device_bind_preset(dev);
subsys_put(sp);
}
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 16:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 0:34 [PATCH] USB: core: don't release an unbound claimed interface via the driver core Nguyen Ngoc Thang
2026-10-08 0:49 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v2] driver core: bind a device with a preset driver even without autoprobe Nguyen Ngoc Thang
2026-10-08 15:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 16:12 ` Nguyen Ngoc Thang [this message]
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