[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_printer: fix list corruption in printer_soft_reset()

From: Liu Chao

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 04:17:11 EST


printer_soft_reset() has three loops that drain different lists back to
rx_reqs / tx_reqs. The second loop's condition tests rx_reqs_active but
its body was copy-pasted from the first loop and still reads from
rx_buffers:

while (!list_empty(&dev->rx_reqs_active)) {
req = container_of(dev->rx_buffers.next, ...); /* BUG */

The first loop already empties rx_buffers, so by the time the second
loop runs, dev->rx_buffers.next points back to the list head itself.
Consequently:

- list_del_init() treats the list head as an entry and poisons it
- list_add() splices the rx_buffers head into rx_reqs
- rx_reqs_active is never drained, so the loop condition stays true
indefinitely

This results in linked-list corruption and a hang that is trivially
triggered by a USB host sending a SOFT_RESET class request.

Fix by reading from rx_reqs_active.next, matching the loop condition.

Fixes: 856c5e59aa0d ("usb: gadget: f_printer: copy Data Interface instead of using a singleton")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Weibin Liu <liuwb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Liu Chao <liuc63@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
index 1857d7861..2305733fe 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static void printer_soft_reset(struct printer_dev *dev)
}

while (likely(!(list_empty(&dev->rx_reqs_active)))) {
- req = container_of(dev->rx_buffers.next, struct usb_request,
+ req = container_of(dev->rx_reqs_active.next, struct usb_request,
list);
list_del_init(&req->list);
list_add(&req->list, &dev->rx_reqs);
--
2.50.1