[PATCH v3] usbip: vudc: Prevent transfer timer rearm during teardown
From: mhun512
Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 17:53:52 EST
Commit d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in
vudc_remove due to race condition") deletes the timer before
usb_del_gadget_udc() stops the receive thread. v_kick_timer() can rearm
it even in VUDC_TR_STOPPED, leaving v_timer() to use freed vudc.
Use timer_shutdown_sync() to reject later rearms. Replace the
inaccurate blanket lock comment with __must_hold(&udc->lock) on
v_start_timer() and v_kick_timer(); v_init_timer() and v_stop_timer() run
unlocked.
A KASAN/DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS x86_64 QEMU harness binds g_zero to
usbip-vudc.0, sends CMD_SUBMIT to usbip_sockfd via a socketpair, and
repeatedly unbinds/rebinds vudc. The unpatched kernel reported a
free-active timer and a use-after-free in v_timer(); the patched kernel
ran 4000 iterations without either report. No physical device or
remote client was tested.
Fixes: d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in
vudc_remove due to race condition")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230316180940.1601515-1-zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx/
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Describe the harness, test scope and lock annotations (Shuah Khan).
Changes in v2:
- Drop the lock-held comment and mark v_start_timer() and
v_kick_timer() with __must_hold(&udc->lock), on the prototypes and
the definitions (Greg Kroah-Hartman).
drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h | 6 ++++--
drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c | 8 +++-----
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
index 5ef0e7d9b23a..c129f4c56e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ int v_rx_loop(void *data);
/* vudc_transfer.c */
void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc);
-void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc);
-void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time);
+void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock);
+void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock);
void v_stop_timer(struct vudc *udc);
/* vudc_dev.c */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
index d4ce85c4c6a2..ba625622975e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ static void v_timer(struct timer_list *t)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&udc->lock, flags);
}
-/* All timer functions are run with udc->lock held */
-
void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
@@ -452,6 +450,7 @@ void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc)
}
void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
@@ -470,6 +469,7 @@ void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
}
void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
@@ -490,8 +490,6 @@ void v_stop_timer(struct vudc *udc)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
- /* Delete the timer synchronously before teardown frees udc. */
dev_dbg(&udc->pdev->dev, "timer stop");
- timer_delete_sync(&t->timer);
- t->state = VUDC_TR_STOPPED;
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&t->timer);
}
base-commit: 238650ef6c7c7cca08e032527329424c9fbd70e5
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2.53.0