From: "Peter Chen (CIX)" <peter.chen@kernel.org>
To: Yongchao Wu <yongchao.wu@autochips.com>
Cc: Pawel Laszczak <pawell@cadence.com>,
Roger Quadros <rogerq@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: cdns3: gadget: fix NULL pointer dereference in ep_queue
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:21:30 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acpAmimXvxD+WXA1@nchen-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260329013404.116481-1-yongchao.wu@autochips.com>
On 26-03-29 09:34:04, Yongchao Wu wrote:
> When the gadget endpoint is disabled or not yet configured, the ep->desc
> pointer can be NULL. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference when
> __cdns3_gadget_ep_queue() is called, causing a kernel crash.
>
> Add a check to return -ESHUTDOWN if ep->desc is NULL, which is the
> standard return code for unconfigured endpoints.
>
> This prevents potential crashes when ep_queue is called on endpoints
> that are not ready.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yongchao Wu <yongchao.wu@autochips.com>
Add Fixed-by tag and Cc to stable tree please, others:
Acked-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@kernel.org>
Peter
> ---
> drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
> index d59a60a16..96d2a4c38 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
> @@ -2589,6 +2589,9 @@ static int __cdns3_gadget_ep_queue(struct usb_ep *ep,
> struct cdns3_request *priv_req;
> int ret = 0;
>
> + if (!ep->desc)
> + return -ESHUTDOWN;
> +
> request->actual = 0;
> request->status = -EINPROGRESS;
> priv_req = to_cdns3_request(request);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
--
Best regards,
Peter
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-28 14:38 [PATCH] usb: cdns3: gadget: fix NULL pointer dereference in ep_queue yongchao.wu
2026-03-28 16:03 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-29 1:34 ` Yongchao Wu
2026-03-30 9:21 ` Peter Chen (CIX) [this message]
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