[PATCH 2/2] usb: gadget: f_hid: fix use-after-free of hidg->func.config after unbind

From: Hui Peng

Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 05:08:27 EST


The /dev/hidgN character device stays open across function unbind: a
process can open it, then remove the configfs gadget (echo "" > UDC,
unlink the function from the config, rmdir the config directory), and
keep using the still open file descriptor.

hidg_unbind() does not clear hidg->func.config, so the file operations
continue to dereference the struct usb_configuration that configfs has
already freed. f_hidg_get_report() does so unconditionally on entry:

struct usb_composite_dev *cdev = hidg->func.config->cdev;

which gives a use-after-free read on the first ioctl() after the config
directory is removed:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in f_hidg_get_report.isra.0+0x401/0x4a0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881073d7950 by task init/172

CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 172 Comm: init Not tainted 7.3.0-rc3-g5dd1818b15d9 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x70/0xa0
print_report+0x153/0x4c6
kasan_report+0xf1/0x120
f_hidg_get_report.isra.0+0x401/0x4a0
f_hidg_ioctl+0xe1/0x110
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x184/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0xda/0x4b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>

Allocated by task 1:
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x16a/0x380
config_desc_make+0x1e6/0x590
configfs_mkdir+0x4e9/0xe10
vfs_mkdir+0x2ed/0x790
__x64_sys_mkdir+0x6f/0xa0

Freed by task 1:
kfree+0x159/0x420
config_item_cleanup+0x148/0x1e0
config_item_put+0x90/0xb0
configfs_rmdir+0x816/0xa50
vfs_rmdir+0x2e6/0x810
__x64_sys_rmdir+0x4b/0x70

The buggy address belongs to the object at 0xffff8881073d7800
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
==================================================================

A second splat follows from the ERROR() call in the same function.

Clear hidg->func.config in hidg_unbind() and check it in the paths that
are reachable from an open file descriptor - f_hidg_read(),
f_hidg_write() and f_hidg_get_report() - returning -ENODEV once the
function is gone. f_hidg_req_complete() only uses the pointer to emit an
error message, so guard that dereference as well.

While at it, drop the report_list entries in hidg_unbind(). They are
allocated by f_hidg_get_report() and were only ever freed when the
whole f_hidg was released, so reports queued before an unbind leaked.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
---
No Fixes: tag: I could not identify a single commit that introduced
the problem with confidence, so I have left it out rather than guess.

Reproduced on Linux 7.3.0-rc3 (5dd1818b15d9) with KASAN under QEMU using
dummy_hcd: set up a HID gadget through configfs, bind it to dummy_udc.0,
open /dev/hidg0, unbind and rmdir the gadget, then call
ioctl(fd, GADGET_HID_WRITE_GET_REPORT). With this patch applied the same
sequence returns -ENODEV and produces no KASAN splat.

drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ static ssize_t f_hidg_read(struct file *
{
struct f_hidg *hidg = file->private_data;

+ if (!hidg->func.config || !hidg->func.config->cdev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
if (hidg->use_out_ep)
return f_hidg_intout_read(file, buffer, count, ptr);
else
@@ -437,7 +440,7 @@ static void f_hidg_req_complete(struct u
struct f_hidg *hidg = (struct f_hidg *)ep->driver_data;
unsigned long flags;

- if (req->status != 0) {
+ if (req->status != 0 && hidg->func.config && hidg->func.config->cdev) {
ERROR(hidg->func.config->cdev,
"End Point Request ERROR: %d\n", req->status);
}
@@ -456,6 +459,9 @@ static ssize_t f_hidg_write(struct file
unsigned long flags;
ssize_t status = -ENOMEM;

+ if (!hidg->func.config || !hidg->func.config->cdev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&hidg->write_spinlock, flags);

if (!hidg->req) {
@@ -644,12 +650,16 @@ static int f_hidg_get_report_id(struct f
static int f_hidg_get_report(struct file *file, struct usb_hidg_report __user *buffer)
{
struct f_hidg *hidg = file->private_data;
- struct usb_composite_dev *cdev = hidg->func.config->cdev;
+ struct usb_composite_dev *cdev;
unsigned long flags;
struct report_entry *entry;
struct report_entry *ptr;
__u8 report_id;

+ if (!hidg->func.config || !hidg->func.config->cdev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+ cdev = hidg->func.config->cdev;
+
entry = kmalloc_obj(*entry);
if (!entry)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1582,10 +1592,19 @@ static void hidg_free(struct usb_functio
static void hidg_unbind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
{
struct f_hidg *hidg = func_to_hidg(f);
+ struct report_entry *entry, *tmp;
+ unsigned long flags;

cdev_device_del(hidg->cdev, &hidg->dev);
destroy_workqueue(hidg->workqueue);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&hidg->get_report_spinlock, flags);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &hidg->report_list, node) {
+ list_del(&entry->node);
+ kfree(entry);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hidg->get_report_spinlock, flags);
usb_free_all_descriptors(f);
+ hidg->func.config = NULL;
}

static struct usb_function *hidg_alloc(struct usb_function_instance *fi)
--
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