From: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_printer: fix pnp_string use-after-free on reconfigure
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:46:58 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015084658.70918-1-yuz08559@gmail.com> (raw)
f_printer_opts_pnp_string_store() replaces opts->pnp_string with
kfree(old) + kstrndup(new) under opts->lock only, with no opts->refcnt
guard, so the IEEE-1284 ID string can be changed while the function is
bound and the gadget is enumerated.
printer_func_setup() answers the host GET_DEVICE_ID class request from
(soft)irq context and reads the string with no lock:
value = strlen(*dev->pnp_string);
...
memcpy(buf + 2, *dev->pnp_string, value);
dev->pnp_string points at &opts->pnp_string, so a concurrent configfs
write that frees the old string races the setup read -> use-after-free.
KASAN, a configfs writer racing a host GET_DEVICE_ID (reproduced over
dummy_hcd):
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in strlen+0xe/0x40
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888005036000 by task swapper/1/0
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
strlen+0xe/0x40
printer_func_setup+0x410/0x890
composite_setup+0x67e/0x4690
configfs_composite_setup+0xbb/0xd0
dummy_timer+0x1934/0x1e40
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x1b6/0x410
hrtimer_run_softirq+0x13a/0x260
Allocated by task 3486:
kstrndup+0xb2/0x130
f_printer_opts_pnp_string_store+0x3f/0xf0
configfs_write_iter+0x1a7/0x250
vfs_write+0x5df/0x940
ksys_write+0xfd/0x1e0
The setup path runs in atomic context and cannot take opts->lock, so
serialize by refusing to change pnp_string while the function is
instantiated, exactly as the sibling f_printer_opts_q_len_store() already
does for q_len. While the function is bound the string is then stable
for the lifetime of the live reader; it can still be changed when the
function is not linked into a gadget.
Fixes: 24b7ba2f88e0 ("usb: gadget: function: fix dangling pnp_string in f_printer.c")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
index 1111111..2222222 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
@@ -1269,6 +1269,11 @@ static ssize_t f_printer_opts_pnp_string_store(struct config_item *item,
mutex_lock(&opts->lock);
+ if (opts->refcnt) {
+ result = -EBUSY;
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+
new_pnp = kstrndup(page, len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!new_pnp) {
result = -ENOMEM;
--
2.43.0
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