From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
To: syzbot <syzbot+2afd7e71155c7e241560@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [usb?] memory leak in hub_event (4)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:40:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9fea44a5-83de-41ed-9531-11e5d471dca4@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <69ec231a.a00a0220.7773.000c.GAE@google.com>
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On 25.04.26 04:12, syzbot wrote:
#syz test: git://repo/address.git dd6c438c3e64
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From 001175f4d2e1c2ceac98b4af2521fc4d0253d0c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:35:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] usb: core: fix memory of error case in usb_get_configuration
Prior allocations need to be reversed if subsequent
allocations fail.
Fixes: dd2057e544dc9 ("USB: core: drop OOM message")
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Reported-by: syzbot+2afd7e71155c7e241560@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
---
drivers/usb/core/config.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
index 417140b012bb..67475ff81641 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
@@ -944,11 +944,11 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
length = ncfg * sizeof(char *);
dev->rawdescriptors = kzalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dev->rawdescriptors)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto bailout2;
desc = kmalloc(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!desc)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto bailout;
for (cfgno = 0; cfgno < ncfg; cfgno++) {
/* We grab just the first descriptor so we know how long
@@ -1012,6 +1012,15 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations = cfgno;
return result;
+
+bailout:
+ kfree(dev->rawdescriptors);
+ dev->rawdescriptors = NULL;
+bailout2:
+ kfree(dev->config);
+ dev->config = NULL;
+
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
void usb_release_bos_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev)
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-27 11:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-25 2:12 [syzbot] [usb?] memory leak in hub_event (4) syzbot
2026-04-27 11:40 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2026-04-27 12:37 ` syzbot
2026-04-27 14:19 ` Alan Stern
2026-04-28 11:33 ` Oliver Neukum
2026-04-28 15:12 ` Alan Stern
2026-04-29 10:42 ` [PATCH] usb: core: hcd: fix possible deadlock in rh control transfers Oliver Neukum
2026-04-29 10:45 ` [PATCH] sound: usb: caiaq: fix reference leak in probe error Oliver Neukum
2026-04-29 10:53 ` Takashi Iwai
2026-04-29 11:05 ` Oliver Neukum
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