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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] usb: gadget: configfs: use-after-free of gadget strings during bind and under a bound gadget
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:44:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026101913-glimpse-atrophy-b0c2@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261019033415.73542-1-yuz08559@gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 01:34:15PM +1000, Yu Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The gadget-side string configfs objects (the strings/<langid> directories
> and the strings beneath them) are created, modified and destroyed with no
> serialization against, and no lifetime coupling to, a bound gadget. This
> gives two use-after-frees, both reproduced on an acm gadget over
> dummy_hcd with KASAN. Both are root/configfs triggered.

Great, if this is a real issue that your systems run into, please submit
a patch to resolve this.

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-19  6:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-19  3:34 [BUG] usb: gadget: configfs: use-after-free of gadget strings during bind and under a bound gadget Yu Zhang
2026-10-19  4:48 ` Krishna Kurapati
2026-10-19  6:44 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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