[BUG] ci_hdrc_add_device -- KASAN slab-out-of-bounds reading a FOREIGN device's platform_data

From: Farhad Alemi

Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 01:36:24 EST


Hello,

As part of the kernel research at ASU's SEFCOM
lab, we hit the crash below. Crash reports can be found here:

https://github.com/farhad-alemi/public_bug_reports/tree/main/150-usb-chipidea-foreign-platform_data-oob/

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ci_hdrc_add_device+0xb76/0xd10
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810e9061c8 by task repro/9505
Call Trace:
ci_hdrc_add_device+0xb76/0xd10
ci_hdrc_usb2_probe+0x22d/0x370
platform_probe+0xf9/0x190
really_probe+0x267/0xaf0
__driver_probe_device+0x1e2/0x350
device_driver_attach+0xe0/0x1d0
bind_store+0x1d0/0x220
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3af/0x540
vfs_write+0x61d/0xb90
ksys_write+0x150/0x270

Our reproducer.c is available upon request.

Happy to test a patch if that would help.

Regards,