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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Neill Kapron <nkapron@google.com>, stable <stable@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] usb: gadget: f_fs: Tie read_buffer lifetime to ffs_epfile
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:48:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720154825.2322611-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026071426-halogen-shrubbery-b87a@gregkh>

From: Neill Kapron <nkapron@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 8bdcf96eb135aebacac319667f87db034fb38406 ]

Currently, ffs_epfile_release unconditionally frees the endpoint's
read_buffer when a file descriptor is closed. If userspace explicitly
opens the endpoint multiple times and closes one, the read_buffer is
destroyed. This can lead to silent data loss if other file descriptors
are still actively reading from the endpoint.

By tying the lifetime of the read_buffer to the ffs_epfile structure itself
(which is destroyed when the functionfs instance is torn down in
ffs_epfiles_destroy), we eliminate the brittle dependency on open/release
calls while correctly matching the conceptual lifetime of unread data on
the hardware endpoint.

Fixes: 9353afbbfa7b ("usb: gadget: f_fs: buffer data from ‘oversized’ OUT requests")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Neill Kapron <nkapron@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260619040609.4010746-3-nkapron@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
[ adjusted context in ffs_epfiles_destroy() since 6.12 lacks the simple_remove_by_name() rework and still uses dentry-based cleanup ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
index 6efa8ac71b1a08..bfee2eece27cd5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
@@ -1291,7 +1291,6 @@ ffs_epfile_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	ENTER();
 
-	__ffs_epfile_read_buffer_free(epfile);
 	ffs_data_closed(epfile->ffs);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1955,6 +1954,7 @@ static void ffs_epfiles_destroy(struct ffs_epfile *epfiles, unsigned count)
 
 	for (; count; --count, ++epfile) {
 		BUG_ON(mutex_is_locked(&epfile->mutex));
+		__ffs_epfile_read_buffer_free(epfile);
 		if (epfile->dentry) {
 			d_delete(epfile->dentry);
 			dput(epfile->dentry);
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-07-20 15:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-14 16:50 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_fs: Tie read_buffer lifetime to ffs_epfile" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-20 15:48 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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