From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Vlatko Kosturjak" <kost@linux.hr>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usbip: vhci: do not give back URBs with an unchecked actual_length
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:29:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-198723@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <auw5_lMRbGU97IKx@griffin.linux.hr>
> vhci_recv_ret_submit() copies actual_length from the RET_SUBMIT header
> into the URB, and only usbip_recv_xbuff() looks at it. That check is not
> enough:
>
> - an IN reply longer than transfer_buffer_length is rejected and the
> connection shut down, but the URB is still given back with the
> oversized actual_length (and status -EPROTO);
> - a negative actual_length (urb->actual_length is a u32) is not
> "> 0", so usbip_recv_xbuff() returns 0 without checking it and the
> URB is given back with status 0;
> - for OUT URBs usbip_recv_xbuff() returns 0 straight away, so any
> actual_length is given back.
>
> Completion handlers trust actual_length. usbfs copies that many bytes
> from the transfer buffer to user space in copy_urb_data_to_user(),
> [ ... ]
> (a short read), as the buffer was not filled.
>
> Fixes: b348d7dddb6c ("USB: usbip: fix potential out-of-bounds write")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Vlatko Kosturjak <kost@linux.hr>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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2026-11-05 8:10 [PATCH v2] usbip: vhci: do not give back URBs with an unchecked actual_length Vlatko Kosturjak
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