[PATCH v4 1/2] usb: host: max3421: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in max3421_hub_control()
From: pip-izony
Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 18:54:04 EST
From: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@xxxxxxxxx>
The `max3421_hub_control()` function handles USB hub class requests
to the virtual root hub. In the `default` branches of both the
`ClearPortFeature` and `SetPortFeature` switch statements, it modifies
`max3421_hcd->port_status` by left shifting 1 by the request's `value`
parameter. However, it does not validate whether this shift will exceed
the width of `port_status`.
So if a malicious userspace task with access to the root hub via
/dev/bus/usb/.../001 issues a USBDEVFS_CONTROL ioctl with `wValue`
greater than or equal to 32, the left shift operation invokes
shift-out-of-bounds undefined behavior. This results in arbitrary
bit corruption of `port_status`, including the normally-immutable
change bits, which can bypass internal state checks and confuse the
hub status.
Fix this by rejecting requests whose `value` exceeds the shift width
before performing the shift.
This issue was found using a KLEE-based symbolic execution tool for
kernel drivers that I'm currently developing.
Fixes: 2d53139f3162 ("Add support for using a MAX3421E chip as a host driver.")
Signed-off-by: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2: Restored a paragraph in the commit message that was truncated.
v2 -> v3: No functional changes; reorganized as part of a 2-patch series.
v3 -> v4: Document the tool used to find this issue.
drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
index 0e17c988d36a..3d6b351dcb1a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
@@ -1694,6 +1694,8 @@ max3421_hub_control(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 type_req, u16 value, u16 index,
!pdata->vbus_active_level);
fallthrough;
default:
+ if (value >= 32)
+ goto error;
max3421_hcd->port_status &= ~(1 << value);
}
break;
@@ -1747,6 +1749,8 @@ max3421_hub_control(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 type_req, u16 value, u16 index,
max3421_reset_port(hcd);
fallthrough;
default:
+ if (value >= 32)
+ goto error;
if ((max3421_hcd->port_status & USB_PORT_STAT_POWER)
!= 0)
max3421_hcd->port_status |= (1 << value);
--
2.43.0