From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>, stable <stable@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y] usb: gadget: u_ether: Fix race between gether_disconnect and eth_stop
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:11:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260411141118.767712-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026040856-salutary-stress-ecc2@gregkh>
From: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
[ Upstream commit e1eabb072c75681f78312c484ccfffb7430f206e ]
A race condition between gether_disconnect() and eth_stop() leads to a
NULL pointer dereference. Specifically, if eth_stop() is triggered
concurrently while gether_disconnect() is tearing down the endpoints,
eth_stop() attempts to access the cleared endpoint descriptor, causing
the following NPE:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
Call trace:
__dwc3_gadget_ep_enable+0x60/0x788
dwc3_gadget_ep_enable+0x70/0xe4
usb_ep_enable+0x60/0x15c
eth_stop+0xb8/0x108
Because eth_stop() crashes while holding the dev->lock, the thread
running gether_disconnect() fails to acquire the same lock and spins
forever, resulting in a hardlockup:
Core - Debugging Information for Hardlockup core(7)
Call trace:
queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x94/0x488
_raw_spin_lock+0x64/0x6c
gether_disconnect+0x19c/0x1e8
ncm_set_alt+0x68/0x1a0
composite_setup+0x6a0/0xc50
The root cause is that the clearing of dev->port_usb in
gether_disconnect() is delayed until the end of the function.
Move the clearing of dev->port_usb to the very beginning of
gether_disconnect() while holding dev->lock. This cuts off the link
immediately, ensuring eth_stop() will see dev->port_usb as NULL and
safely bail out.
Fixes: 2b3d942c4878 ("usb ethernet gadget: split out network core")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260311-gether-disconnect-npe-v1-1-454966adf7c7@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c
index 1f420ff8f4232..e84178bffe780 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c
@@ -1175,6 +1175,10 @@ void gether_disconnect(struct gether *link)
DBG(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+ spin_lock(&dev->lock);
+ dev->port_usb = NULL;
+ spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
+
netif_stop_queue(dev->net);
netif_carrier_off(dev->net);
@@ -1212,10 +1216,6 @@ void gether_disconnect(struct gether *link)
dev->header_len = 0;
dev->unwrap = NULL;
dev->wrap = NULL;
-
- spin_lock(&dev->lock);
- dev->port_usb = NULL;
- spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gether_disconnect);
--
2.53.0
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2026-04-08 11:56 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: gadget: u_ether: Fix race between gether_disconnect and" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-04-11 14:11 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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