From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Brian Ellis" <brianellis@gotenna.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] usb: gadget: u_serial: fix NULL deref in gs_close() after failed open
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:06:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-170509@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013-u_serial-gs-close-null-v4-1-9ea038501994@gotenna.com>
> From: Brian Ellis <brianellis@gotenna.com>
>
> gs_close() opens with
>
> struct gs_port *port = tty->driver_data;
> ...
> spin_lock_irq(&port->port_lock);
>
> and never checks port. gs_open() assigns tty->driver_data only on the
> port.count 0 -> 1 edge, so any failure earlier in gs_open() leaves it NULL,
> and tty_open() calls tty_release(), and hence ->close(), when ->open()
> fails.
>
> syzbot hit exactly this on arm64. Fault injection failed the kfifo_alloc()
> of the write buffer in gs_open():
> [ ... ]
> Reported-by: syzbot+782b2f1063e38ba8fa6e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=782b2f1063e38ba8fa6e
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Brian Ellis <brianellis@gotenna.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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2026-10-13 20:57 [PATCH v4] usb: gadget: u_serial: fix NULL deref in gs_close() after failed open Brian Ellis via B4 Relay
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