Re: [BUG] usb: dummy_hcd: general protection fault in set_link_state on unbind
From: Alan Stern
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 11:19:44 EST
On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 04:00:00PM +0800, CJ wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I am reporting a general protection fault in the dummy_hcd link-state handling,
> triggered by a syzkaller USB reproducer. The issue is reproducible with HEAD
> commit cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935 (v7.3-rc1, Linux 7.3.0-rc1).
>
>
> The reproducer connects a synthetic HID USB device through dummy_hcd and then
> unbinds the dummy_hcd.0 platform device by writing its name to the driver's
> unbind attribute. The failure happens during the teardown that follows.
This patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/18ec3122-7566-49e5-9964-1028857405b1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
was submitted at the end of July but it hasn't been merged yet. Does it
fix the problem?
Alan Stern