[PATCH 0/2] spi: ch341: fix memory leaks and use-after-free

[PATCH 0/2] spi: ch341: fix memory leaks and use-after-free

[Johan Hovold]

Fix probe error handling and devres lifetime to avoid memory leaks and
use-after-free.

Johan


Johan Hovold (2):
  spi: ch341: fix memory leaks on probe failures
  spi: ch341: fix devres lifetime

 drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

-- 
2.52.0

[PATCH 1/2] spi: ch341: fix memory leaks on probe failures

[Johan Hovold]

Make sure to deregister the controller, disable pins, and kill and free
the RX URB on probe failures to mirror disconnect and avoid memory
leaks and use-after-free.

Also add an explicit URB kill on disconnect for symmetry (even if that
is not strictly required as USB core would have stopped it in the
current setup).

Fixes: 8846739f52af ("spi: add ch341a usb2spi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 6.11
Cc: Johannes Thumshirn <jth@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c
index 2fdb1c020339..ea92ba986201 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c
@@ -173,17 +173,17 @@ static int ch341_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	ch341->tx_buf =
 		devm_kzalloc(&udev->dev, CH341_PACKET_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ch341->tx_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!ch341->tx_buf) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_free_urb;
+	}
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(ch341->rx_urb, udev, ch341->read_pipe, ch341->rx_buf,
 			  ch341->rx_len, ch341_recv, ch341);
 
 	ret = usb_submit_urb(ch341->rx_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (ret) {
-		usb_free_urb(ch341->rx_urb);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_urb;
 
 	ctrl->bus_num = -1;
 	ctrl->mode_bits = SPI_CPHA;
@@ -195,21 +195,34 @@ static int ch341_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	ret = ch341_config_stream(ch341);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_kill_urb;
 
 	ret = ch341_enable_pins(ch341, true);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_kill_urb;
 
 	ret = spi_register_controller(ctrl);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_disable_pins;
 
 	ch341->spidev = spi_new_device(ctrl, &chip);
-	if (!ch341->spidev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!ch341->spidev) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_unregister;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_unregister:
+	spi_unregister_controller(ctrl);
+err_disable_pins:
+	ch341_enable_pins(ch341, false);
+err_kill_urb:
+	usb_kill_urb(ch341->rx_urb);
+err_free_urb:
+	usb_free_urb(ch341->rx_urb);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void ch341_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
@@ -219,6 +232,7 @@ static void ch341_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	spi_unregister_device(ch341->spidev);
 	spi_unregister_controller(ch341->ctrl);
 	ch341_enable_pins(ch341, false);
+	usb_kill_urb(ch341->rx_urb);
 	usb_free_urb(ch341->rx_urb);
 }
 
-- 
2.52.0

[PATCH 2/2] spi: ch341: fix devres lifetime

[Johan Hovold]

USB drivers bind to USB interfaces and any device managed resources
should have their lifetime tied to the interface rather than parent USB
device. This avoids issues like memory leaks when drivers are unbound
without their devices being physically disconnected (e.g. on probe
deferral or configuration changes).

Fix the controller and driver data lifetime so that they are released
on driver unbind.

Note that this also makes sure that the SPI controller is placed
correctly under the USB interface in the device tree.

Fixes: 8846739f52af ("spi: add ch341a usb2spi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 6.11
Cc: Johannes Thumshirn <jth@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c
index ea92ba986201..0e71a32900b3 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int ch341_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ctrl = devm_spi_alloc_host(&udev->dev, sizeof(struct ch341_spi_dev));
+	ctrl = devm_spi_alloc_host(&intf->dev, sizeof(struct ch341_spi_dev));
 	if (!ctrl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int ch341_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	ch341->read_pipe = usb_rcvbulkpipe(udev, usb_endpoint_num(in));
 
 	ch341->rx_len = usb_endpoint_maxp(in);
-	ch341->rx_buf = devm_kzalloc(&udev->dev, ch341->rx_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ch341->rx_buf = devm_kzalloc(&intf->dev, ch341->rx_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ch341->rx_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ static int ch341_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	if (!ch341->rx_urb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ch341->tx_buf =
-		devm_kzalloc(&udev->dev, CH341_PACKET_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ch341->tx_buf = devm_kzalloc(&intf->dev, CH341_PACKET_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ch341->tx_buf) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free_urb;
-- 
2.52.0

Re: [PATCH 0/2] spi: ch341: fix memory leaks and use-after-free

[Mark Brown]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:43:03 +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> spi: ch341: fix memory leaks and use-after-free
> 
> Fix probe error handling and devres lifetime to avoid memory leaks and
> use-after-free.
> 
> Johan
> 
> [...]

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi.git for-7.1

Thanks!

[1/2] spi: ch341: fix memory leaks on probe failures
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/spi/c/b99e3ddb91b4
[2/2] spi: ch341: fix devres lifetime
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/spi/c/abe572f630bc

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or reverted.

You may get further e-mails resulting from automated or manual testing
and review of the tree, please engage with people reporting problems and
send followup patches addressing any issues that are reported if needed.

If any updates are required or you are submitting further changes they
should be sent as incremental updates against current git, existing
patches will not be replaced.

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to this mail.

Thanks,
Mark