Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_fs: Fix use-after-free in ffs_free_inst

From: Felipe Balbi
Date: Thu Nov 09 2017 - 07:03:41 EST


Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 10:13:15AM -0700, Andrew Gabbasov wrote:
>> KASAN enabled configuration reports an error
>>
>> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ffs_free_inst+... [usb_f_fs] at addr ...
>> Write of size 8 by task ...
>>
>> This is observed after "ffs-test" is run and interrupted. If after that
>> functionfs is unmounted and g_ffs module is unloaded, that use-after-free
>> occurs during g_ffs module removal.
>>
>> Although the report indicates ffs_free_inst() function, the actual
>> use-after-free condition occurs in _ffs_free_dev() function, which
>> is probably inlined into ffs_free_inst().
>>
>> This happens due to keeping the ffs_data reference in device structure
>> during functionfs unmounting, while ffs_data itself is freed as no longer
>> needed. The fix is to clear that reference in ffs_closed() function,
>> which is a counterpart of ffs_ready(), where the reference is stored.
>>
>> Fixes: 3262ad824307 ("usb: gadget: f_fs: Stop ffs_closed NULL pointer dereference")
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Gabbasov <andrew_gabbasov@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> Felipe, want me to take this directly?

If you can still squeeze it into the merge window, sure:

Acked-by: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

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