FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_acm: Refactor bind path to use __free()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_acm: Refactor bind path to use __free()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 47b2116e54b4a854600341487e8b55249e926324
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025101616-unhappily-flatware-0bd2@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 47b2116e54b4a854600341487e8b55249e926324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:21:35 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_acm: Refactor bind path to use __free()

After an bind/unbind cycle, the acm->notify_req is left stale. If a
subsequent bind fails, the unified error label attempts to free this
stale request, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing
ep->ops->free_request.

Refactor the error handling in the bind path to use the __free()
automatic cleanup mechanism.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020
Call trace:
 usb_ep_free_request+0x2c/0xec
 gs_free_req+0x30/0x44
 acm_bind+0x1b8/0x1f4
 usb_add_function+0xcc/0x1f0
 configfs_composite_bind+0x468/0x588
 gadget_bind_driver+0x104/0x270
 really_probe+0x190/0x374
 __driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x12c
 driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x218
 __device_attach_driver+0x14c/0x188
 bus_for_each_drv+0x10c/0x168
 __device_attach+0xfc/0x198
 device_initial_probe+0x14/0x24
 bus_probe_device+0x94/0x11c
 device_add+0x268/0x48c
 usb_add_gadget+0x198/0x28c
 dwc3_gadget_init+0x700/0x858
 __dwc3_set_mode+0x3cc/0x664
 process_scheduled_works+0x1d8/0x488
 worker_thread+0x244/0x334
 kthread+0x114/0x1bc
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Fixes: 1f1ba11b6494 ("usb gadget: issue notifications from ACM function")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-4-4997bf277548@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-4-4997bf277548@google.com

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c
index 7061720b9732..106046e17c4e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@
 
 /* #define VERBOSE_DEBUG */
 
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
+#include <linux/usb/gadget.h>
+
 #include "u_serial.h"
 
 
@@ -613,6 +616,7 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	struct usb_string	*us;
 	int			status;
 	struct usb_ep		*ep;
+	struct usb_request	*request __free(free_usb_request) = NULL;
 
 	/* REVISIT might want instance-specific strings to help
 	 * distinguish instances ...
@@ -630,7 +634,7 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	/* allocate instance-specific interface IDs, and patch descriptors */
 	status = usb_interface_id(c, f);
 	if (status < 0)
-		goto fail;
+		return status;
 	acm->ctrl_id = status;
 	acm_iad_descriptor.bFirstInterface = status;
 
@@ -639,43 +643,41 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 
 	status = usb_interface_id(c, f);
 	if (status < 0)
-		goto fail;
+		return status;
 	acm->data_id = status;
 
 	acm_data_interface_desc.bInterfaceNumber = status;
 	acm_union_desc.bSlaveInterface0 = status;
 	acm_call_mgmt_descriptor.bDataInterface = status;
 
-	status = -ENODEV;
-
 	/* allocate instance-specific endpoints */
 	ep = usb_ep_autoconfig(cdev->gadget, &acm_fs_in_desc);
 	if (!ep)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	acm->port.in = ep;
 
 	ep = usb_ep_autoconfig(cdev->gadget, &acm_fs_out_desc);
 	if (!ep)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	acm->port.out = ep;
 
 	ep = usb_ep_autoconfig(cdev->gadget, &acm_fs_notify_desc);
 	if (!ep)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	acm->notify = ep;
 
 	acm_iad_descriptor.bFunctionProtocol = acm->bInterfaceProtocol;
 	acm_control_interface_desc.bInterfaceProtocol = acm->bInterfaceProtocol;
 
 	/* allocate notification */
-	acm->notify_req = gs_alloc_req(ep,
-			sizeof(struct usb_cdc_notification) + 2,
-			GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!acm->notify_req)
-		goto fail;
+	request = gs_alloc_req(ep,
+			       sizeof(struct usb_cdc_notification) + 2,
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!request)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	acm->notify_req->complete = acm_cdc_notify_complete;
-	acm->notify_req->context = acm;
+	request->complete = acm_cdc_notify_complete;
+	request->context = acm;
 
 	/* support all relevant hardware speeds... we expect that when
 	 * hardware is dual speed, all bulk-capable endpoints work at
@@ -692,7 +694,9 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	status = usb_assign_descriptors(f, acm_fs_function, acm_hs_function,
 			acm_ss_function, acm_ss_function);
 	if (status)
-		goto fail;
+		return status;
+
+	acm->notify_req = no_free_ptr(request);
 
 	dev_dbg(&cdev->gadget->dev,
 		"acm ttyGS%d: IN/%s OUT/%s NOTIFY/%s\n",
@@ -700,14 +704,6 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 		acm->port.in->name, acm->port.out->name,
 		acm->notify->name);
 	return 0;
-
-fail:
-	if (acm->notify_req)
-		gs_free_req(acm->notify, acm->notify_req);
-
-	ERROR(cdev, "%s/%p: can't bind, err %d\n", f->name, f, status);
-
-	return status;
 }
 
 static void acm_unbind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)

[PATCH 5.15.y 1/3] usb: gadget: Store endpoint pointer in usb_request

[Sasha Levin]

From: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>

[ Upstream commit bfb1d99d969fe3b892db30848aeebfa19d21f57f ]

Gadget function drivers often have goto-based error handling in their
bind paths, which can be bug-prone. Refactoring these paths to use
__free() scope-based cleanup is desirable, but currently blocked.

The blocker is that usb_ep_free_request(ep, req) requires two
parameters, while the __free() mechanism can only pass a pointer to the
request itself.

Store an endpoint pointer in the struct usb_request. The pointer is
populated centrally in usb_ep_alloc_request() on every successful
allocation, making the request object self-contained.

Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-1-4997bf277548@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-1-4997bf277548@google.com
Stable-dep-of: 47b2116e54b4 ("usb: gadget: f_acm: Refactor bind path to use __free()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c | 3 +++
 include/linux/usb/gadget.h    | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
index d865c4677ad7c..b59b6900e7051 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ struct usb_request *usb_ep_alloc_request(struct usb_ep *ep,
 
 	req = ep->ops->alloc_request(ep, gfp_flags);
 
+	if (req)
+		req->ep = ep;
+
 	trace_usb_ep_alloc_request(ep, req, req ? 0 : -ENOMEM);
 
 	return req;
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
index e4feeaa8bab30..35dc1009a703f 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct usb_ep;
 
 /**
  * struct usb_request - describes one i/o request
+ * @ep: The associated endpoint set by usb_ep_alloc_request().
  * @buf: Buffer used for data.  Always provide this; some controllers
  *	only use PIO, or don't use DMA for some endpoints.
  * @dma: DMA address corresponding to 'buf'.  If you don't set this
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ struct usb_ep;
  */
 
 struct usb_request {
+	struct usb_ep		*ep;
 	void			*buf;
 	unsigned		length;
 	dma_addr_t		dma;
-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH 5.15.y 2/3] usb: gadget: Introduce free_usb_request helper

[Sasha Levin]

From: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 201c53c687f2b55a7cc6d9f4000af4797860174b ]

Introduce the free_usb_request() function that frees both the request's
buffer and the request itself.

This function serves as the cleanup callback for DEFINE_FREE() to enable
automatic, scope-based cleanup for usb_request pointers.

Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-2-4997bf277548@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-2-4997bf277548@google.com
Stable-dep-of: 47b2116e54b4 ("usb: gadget: f_acm: Refactor bind path to use __free()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/usb/gadget.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
index 35dc1009a703f..78f78dfbf92a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_USB_GADGET_H
 #define __LINUX_USB_GADGET_H
 
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -292,6 +293,28 @@ static inline void usb_ep_fifo_flush(struct usb_ep *ep)
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+/**
+ * free_usb_request - frees a usb_request object and its buffer
+ * @req: the request being freed
+ *
+ * This helper function frees both the request's buffer and the request object
+ * itself by calling usb_ep_free_request(). Its signature is designed to be used
+ * with DEFINE_FREE() to enable automatic, scope-based cleanup for usb_request
+ * pointers.
+ */
+static inline void free_usb_request(struct usb_request *req)
+{
+	if (!req)
+		return;
+
+	kfree(req->buf);
+	usb_ep_free_request(req->ep, req);
+}
+
+DEFINE_FREE(free_usb_request, struct usb_request *, free_usb_request(_T))
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 struct usb_dcd_config_params {
 	__u8  bU1devExitLat;	/* U1 Device exit Latency */
 #define USB_DEFAULT_U1_DEV_EXIT_LAT	0x01	/* Less then 1 microsec */
-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH 5.15.y 3/3] usb: gadget: f_acm: Refactor bind path to use __free()

[Sasha Levin]

From: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 47b2116e54b4a854600341487e8b55249e926324 ]

After an bind/unbind cycle, the acm->notify_req is left stale. If a
subsequent bind fails, the unified error label attempts to free this
stale request, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing
ep->ops->free_request.

Refactor the error handling in the bind path to use the __free()
automatic cleanup mechanism.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020
Call trace:
 usb_ep_free_request+0x2c/0xec
 gs_free_req+0x30/0x44
 acm_bind+0x1b8/0x1f4
 usb_add_function+0xcc/0x1f0
 configfs_composite_bind+0x468/0x588
 gadget_bind_driver+0x104/0x270
 really_probe+0x190/0x374
 __driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x12c
 driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x218
 __device_attach_driver+0x14c/0x188
 bus_for_each_drv+0x10c/0x168
 __device_attach+0xfc/0x198
 device_initial_probe+0x14/0x24
 bus_probe_device+0x94/0x11c
 device_add+0x268/0x48c
 usb_add_gadget+0x198/0x28c
 dwc3_gadget_init+0x700/0x858
 __dwc3_set_mode+0x3cc/0x664
 process_scheduled_works+0x1d8/0x488
 worker_thread+0x244/0x334
 kthread+0x114/0x1bc
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Fixes: 1f1ba11b6494 ("usb gadget: issue notifications from ACM function")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-4-4997bf277548@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-4-4997bf277548@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c | 42 +++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c
index 349945e064bba..bc4118d0e4fff 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@
 
 /* #define VERBOSE_DEBUG */
 
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
+#include <linux/usb/gadget.h>
+
 #include "u_serial.h"
 
 
@@ -612,6 +615,7 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	struct usb_string	*us;
 	int			status;
 	struct usb_ep		*ep;
+	struct usb_request	*request __free(free_usb_request) = NULL;
 
 	/* REVISIT might want instance-specific strings to help
 	 * distinguish instances ...
@@ -629,7 +633,7 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	/* allocate instance-specific interface IDs, and patch descriptors */
 	status = usb_interface_id(c, f);
 	if (status < 0)
-		goto fail;
+		return status;
 	acm->ctrl_id = status;
 	acm_iad_descriptor.bFirstInterface = status;
 
@@ -638,40 +642,38 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 
 	status = usb_interface_id(c, f);
 	if (status < 0)
-		goto fail;
+		return status;
 	acm->data_id = status;
 
 	acm_data_interface_desc.bInterfaceNumber = status;
 	acm_union_desc.bSlaveInterface0 = status;
 	acm_call_mgmt_descriptor.bDataInterface = status;
 
-	status = -ENODEV;
-
 	/* allocate instance-specific endpoints */
 	ep = usb_ep_autoconfig(cdev->gadget, &acm_fs_in_desc);
 	if (!ep)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	acm->port.in = ep;
 
 	ep = usb_ep_autoconfig(cdev->gadget, &acm_fs_out_desc);
 	if (!ep)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	acm->port.out = ep;
 
 	ep = usb_ep_autoconfig(cdev->gadget, &acm_fs_notify_desc);
 	if (!ep)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	acm->notify = ep;
 
 	/* allocate notification */
-	acm->notify_req = gs_alloc_req(ep,
-			sizeof(struct usb_cdc_notification) + 2,
-			GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!acm->notify_req)
-		goto fail;
+	request = gs_alloc_req(ep,
+			       sizeof(struct usb_cdc_notification) + 2,
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!request)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	acm->notify_req->complete = acm_cdc_notify_complete;
-	acm->notify_req->context = acm;
+	request->complete = acm_cdc_notify_complete;
+	request->context = acm;
 
 	/* support all relevant hardware speeds... we expect that when
 	 * hardware is dual speed, all bulk-capable endpoints work at
@@ -688,7 +690,9 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	status = usb_assign_descriptors(f, acm_fs_function, acm_hs_function,
 			acm_ss_function, acm_ss_function);
 	if (status)
-		goto fail;
+		return status;
+
+	acm->notify_req = no_free_ptr(request);
 
 	dev_dbg(&cdev->gadget->dev,
 		"acm ttyGS%d: %s speed IN/%s OUT/%s NOTIFY/%s\n",
@@ -698,14 +702,6 @@ acm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 		acm->port.in->name, acm->port.out->name,
 		acm->notify->name);
 	return 0;
-
-fail:
-	if (acm->notify_req)
-		gs_free_req(acm->notify, acm->notify_req);
-
-	ERROR(cdev, "%s/%p: can't bind, err %d\n", f->name, f, status);
-
-	return status;
 }
 
 static void acm_unbind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH 5.15.y 2/3] usb: gadget: Introduce free_usb_request helper

[Sasha Levin]

From: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 201c53c687f2b55a7cc6d9f4000af4797860174b ]

Introduce the free_usb_request() function that frees both the request's
buffer and the request itself.

This function serves as the cleanup callback for DEFINE_FREE() to enable
automatic, scope-based cleanup for usb_request pointers.

Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-2-4997bf277548@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ready-v1-2-4997bf277548@google.com
Stable-dep-of: 75a5b8d4ddd4 ("usb: gadget: f_ncm: Refactor bind path to use __free()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/usb/gadget.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
index 35dc1009a703f..78f78dfbf92a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_USB_GADGET_H
 #define __LINUX_USB_GADGET_H
 
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -292,6 +293,28 @@ static inline void usb_ep_fifo_flush(struct usb_ep *ep)
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+/**
+ * free_usb_request - frees a usb_request object and its buffer
+ * @req: the request being freed
+ *
+ * This helper function frees both the request's buffer and the request object
+ * itself by calling usb_ep_free_request(). Its signature is designed to be used
+ * with DEFINE_FREE() to enable automatic, scope-based cleanup for usb_request
+ * pointers.
+ */
+static inline void free_usb_request(struct usb_request *req)
+{
+	if (!req)
+		return;
+
+	kfree(req->buf);
+	usb_ep_free_request(req->ep, req);
+}
+
+DEFINE_FREE(free_usb_request, struct usb_request *, free_usb_request(_T))
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 struct usb_dcd_config_params {
 	__u8  bU1devExitLat;	/* U1 Device exit Latency */
 #define USB_DEFAULT_U1_DEV_EXIT_LAT	0x01	/* Less then 1 microsec */
-- 
2.51.0