[PATCH v2] usb: renesas_usbhs: fix use-after-free in ISR during device removal

From: Fan Wu

Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 02:36:10 EST


In usbhs_remove(), the driver frees resources (including the pipe array)
while the interrupt handler (usbhs_interrupt) is still registered. If an
interrupt fires after usbhs_pipe_remove() but before the driver is fully
unbound, the ISR may access freed memory, causing a use-after-free.

Fix this by calling devm_free_irq() before freeing resources. This ensures
the interrupt handler is both disabled and synchronized (waits for any
running ISR to complete) before usbhs_pipe_remove() is called.

Fixes: f1407d5c6624 ("usb: renesas_usbhs: Add Renesas USBHS common code")
Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

v2:
- Replace disable_irq() with devm_free_irq() as suggested by
Alan Stern. While disable_irq() only masks the interrupt line,
devm_free_irq() (via free_irq()) implicitly calls synchronize_irq()
to wait for any in-progress handler to complete, and also ensures
the interrupt is fully unregistered. This prevents both future
interrupts and pending handlers from accessing freed resources.
- Verified the fix in a QEMU environment with KASAN enabled.
By injecting a delay in usbhs_remove() and using a high-frequency
timer to simulate concurrent ISR execution, the original UAF
report was reliably reproduced and is now confirmed to be
eliminated with this patch.

drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c b/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c
index cf4a0367d6d6..8c93bde4b816 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c
@@ -815,6 +815,15 @@ static void usbhs_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

usbhs_platform_call(priv, hardware_exit, pdev);
reset_control_assert(priv->rsts);
+
+ /*
+ * Explicitly free the IRQ to ensure the interrupt handler is
+ * disabled and synchronized before freeing resources.
+ * devm_free_irq() calls free_irq() which waits for any running
+ * ISR to complete, preventing UAF.
+ */
+ devm_free_irq(&pdev->dev, priv->irq, priv);
+
usbhs_mod_remove(priv);
usbhs_fifo_remove(priv);
usbhs_pipe_remove(priv);
--
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