[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: us144mkii: Fix null-deref in tascam_midi_in_urb_complete()

From: Šerif Rami
Date: Tue Aug 19 2025 - 13:43:18 EST


The smatch tool reported a potential null pointer dereference in
tascam_midi_in_urb_complete(). The 'tascam' variable, derived from
'urb->context', was checked for nullity in one place, but dereferenced
without a check in several other places.

This patch fixes the issue by adding a null check at the beginning of
the function. If 'tascam' is null, the function now safely exits.
This prevents any potential crashes from null pointer dereferences.

It also fixes a latent bug where 'usb_put_urb()' could
be called twice for the same URB on submission failure, which would
lead to a use-after-free error.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202508192109.lcMrINK1-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Šerif Rami <ramiserifpersia@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/usb/usx2y/us144mkii_midi.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/us144mkii_midi.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/us144mkii_midi.c
index 5759f6010..1aca38f38 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/us144mkii_midi.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/us144mkii_midi.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ void tascam_midi_in_urb_complete(struct urb *urb)
struct tascam_card *tascam = urb->context;
int ret;

+ if (!tascam)
+ goto out;
+
if (urb->status) {
if (urb->status != -ENOENT && urb->status != -ECONNRESET &&
urb->status != -ESHUTDOWN && urb->status != -EPROTO) {
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ void tascam_midi_in_urb_complete(struct urb *urb)
goto out;
}

- if (tascam && atomic_read(&tascam->midi_in_active) &&
+ if (atomic_read(&tascam->midi_in_active) &&
urb->actual_length > 0) {
kfifo_in_spinlocked(&tascam->midi_in_fifo, urb->transfer_buffer,
urb->actual_length, &tascam->midi_in_lock);
@@ -66,11 +69,14 @@ void tascam_midi_in_urb_complete(struct urb *urb)
"Failed to resubmit MIDI IN URB: error %d\n", ret);
usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
usb_put_urb(urb);
+ goto out;
}
+
out:
usb_put_urb(urb);
}

+
/**
* tascam_midi_in_open() - Opens the MIDI input substream.
* @substream: The ALSA rawmidi substream to open.
--
2.50.1