[PATCH v5 1/3] usb: gadget: gadgetfs: fix ep0 request lifetime on disconnect

From: Jing Lin via B4 Relay

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 00:57:54 EST


From: Jing Lin <kayano050408@xxxxxxxxx>

gadgetfs_unbind() frees the preallocated ep0 request after disconnecting
the gadget, assuming that no I/O remains active.

With dummy_hcd, disconnecting does not necessarily drain ep0, so a delayed
userspace response can leave dev->req queued when it is freed. This
triggers the warning in dummy_free_request() and a use-after-free when
dummy_udc_stop() subsequently drains the endpoint queue.

gadgetfs_setup() and the userspace copy helpers also race on dev->req and
req->buf:

1. ep0_read() versus gadgetfs_setup(). A delegated control OUT request
is queued by gadgetfs_setup() and completed by ep0_complete(), which
leaves the payload in dev->req->buf and sets setup_out_ready.
ep0_read() copies that payload with copy_to_user() after dropping
dev->lock, so the copy can fault and sleep. If a new control transfer
arrives during that window, gadgetfs_setup() reuses dev->req for it;
for example, GET_DESCRIPTOR(config) points req->buf at dev->config.
When ep0_read() resumes, clean_req() frees whatever req->buf points to
at that moment, which is now dev->config. The following
GET_DESCRIPTOR(config) dereferences the freed descriptor.

2. ep0_write() versus gadgetfs_setup(). For a delegated control IN
request, ep0_write() prepares dev->req and copies the response from
userspace with copy_from_user() after dropping dev->lock. A control
request that arrives during that copy can point req->buf at dev->dev
or dev->config, so the userspace copy overwrites a descriptor buffer,
or it can reset req->buf to dev->rbuf, so the request is queued with
the wrong buffer. Completion then calls clean_req() on the wrong
object.

Copy completed control OUT payloads into a separate setup_buf in
ep0_complete(), copy control IN payloads from userspace into a stack
buffer before preparing dev->req in ep0_write(), and reset req->buf when
control transfers finish. Track whether dev->req is queued, reject reuse
while it is queued, and dequeue it without dev->lock before freeing it in
gadgetfs_unbind().

Return to STATE_DEV_CONNECTED when a delegated data read is aborted by a
new setup, so that the following event read is not misdirected into the
control data path.

The setup() callback runs in interrupt context and may not sleep, so a
mutex cannot be used to serialize it against ep0_read() and ep0_write().
The shared request state is protected by dev->lock and the payloads are
handed off through private buffers instead.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: syzbot+c73e1942197af9f54ca3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c73e1942197af9f54ca3
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jing Lin <kayano050408@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c | 146 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 108 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
index 7f6d84601..e9380538e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ struct dev_data {
setup_abort : 1,
gadget_registered : 1;
unsigned setup_wLength;
+ unsigned int setup_out_len;
+ bool ep0_req_queued;

/* the rest is basically write-once */
struct usb_config_descriptor *config, *hs_config;
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ struct dev_data {

/* except this scratch i/o buffer for ep0 */
u8 rbuf[RBUF_SIZE];
+ u8 setup_buf[RBUF_SIZE];
};

static inline void get_dev (struct dev_data *data)
@@ -984,6 +987,17 @@ static inline void ep0_readable (struct dev_data *dev)
kill_fasync (&dev->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
}

+static void dev_req_complete(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
+{
+ struct dev_data *dev = ep->driver_data;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
+ req->buf = dev->rbuf;
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = false;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
+}
+
static void clean_req (struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
{
struct dev_data *dev = ep->driver_data;
@@ -992,30 +1006,31 @@ static void clean_req (struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
kfree(req->buf);
req->buf = dev->rbuf;
}
- req->complete = epio_complete;
- dev->setup_out_ready = 0;
+ req->complete = dev_req_complete;
}

static void ep0_complete (struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req)
{
struct dev_data *dev = ep->driver_data;
unsigned long flags;
- int free = 1;

/* for control OUT, data must still get to userspace */
spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock, flags);
- if (!dev->setup_in) {
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = false;
+ if (!dev->setup_in && dev->setup_wLength) {
dev->setup_out_error = (req->status != 0);
- if (!dev->setup_out_error)
- free = 0;
+ if (dev->setup_out_error) {
+ dev->setup_out_len = 0;
+ } else {
+ dev->setup_out_len = min_t(unsigned int, req->actual,
+ sizeof(dev->setup_buf));
+ memcpy(dev->setup_buf, req->buf, dev->setup_out_len);
+ }
dev->setup_out_ready = 1;
- ep0_readable (dev);
+ ep0_readable(dev);
}

- /* clean up as appropriate */
- if (free && req->buf != &dev->rbuf)
- clean_req (ep, req);
- req->complete = epio_complete;
+ clean_req(ep, req);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
}

@@ -1023,12 +1038,14 @@ static int setup_req (struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *req, u16 len)
{
struct dev_data *dev = ep->driver_data;

- if (dev->setup_out_ready) {
+ if (dev->ep0_req_queued) {
DBG (dev, "ep0 request busy!\n");
return -EBUSY;
}
if (len > sizeof (dev->rbuf))
req->buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ else
+ req->buf = dev->rbuf;
if (req->buf == NULL) {
req->buf = dev->rbuf;
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1045,6 +1062,7 @@ ep0_read (struct file *fd, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
struct dev_data *dev = fd->private_data;
ssize_t retval;
enum ep0_state state;
+ u8 tmp[RBUF_SIZE];

spin_lock_irq (&dev->lock);
if (dev->state <= STATE_DEV_OPENED) {
@@ -1073,13 +1091,20 @@ ep0_read (struct file *fd, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
struct usb_request *req = dev->req;

if ((retval = setup_req (ep, req, 0)) == 0) {
+ dev->state = STATE_DEV_CONNECTED;
++dev->udc_usage;
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = true;
spin_unlock_irq (&dev->lock);
retval = usb_ep_queue (ep, req, GFP_KERNEL);
spin_lock_irq (&dev->lock);
--dev->udc_usage;
+ if (retval < 0) {
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = false;
+ clean_req(ep, req);
+ }
+ } else {
+ dev->state = STATE_DEV_CONNECTED;
}
- dev->state = STATE_DEV_CONNECTED;

/* assume that was SET_CONFIGURATION */
if (dev->current_config) {
@@ -1109,25 +1134,37 @@ ep0_read (struct file *fd, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)
if (retval)
goto done;

- if (dev->state != STATE_DEV_SETUP) {
+ if (dev->setup_abort) {
+ dev->setup_abort = 0;
+ dev->state = STATE_DEV_CONNECTED;
+ retval = -EIDRM;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ if (dev->state != STATE_DEV_SETUP ||
+ dev->setup_in || !dev->setup_out_ready) {
retval = -ECANCELED;
goto done;
}
dev->state = STATE_DEV_CONNECTED;

- if (dev->setup_out_error)
+ if (dev->setup_out_error) {
+ dev->setup_out_ready = 0;
+ dev->setup_out_error = 0;
+ dev->setup_out_len = 0;
retval = -EIO;
- else {
- len = min (len, (size_t)dev->req->actual);
+ } else {
+ len = min_t(size_t, len, dev->setup_out_len);
+ memcpy(tmp, dev->setup_buf, len);
+ dev->setup_out_ready = 0;
+ dev->setup_out_len = 0;
++dev->udc_usage;
spin_unlock_irq(&dev->lock);
- if (copy_to_user (buf, dev->req->buf, len))
+ if (copy_to_user(buf, tmp, len))
retval = -EFAULT;
else
retval = len;
spin_lock_irq(&dev->lock);
--dev->udc_usage;
- clean_req (dev->gadget->ep0, dev->req);
/* NOTE userspace can't yet choose to stall */
}
}
@@ -1267,29 +1304,41 @@ ep0_write (struct file *fd, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ptr)

len = min_t(size_t, len, dev->setup_wLength);
if (dev->setup_in) {
- retval = setup_req (dev->gadget->ep0, dev->req, len);
+ u8 tmp[RBUF_SIZE];
+ bool zero = len < dev->setup_wLength;
+
+ dev->state = STATE_DEV_CONNECTED;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&dev->lock);
+ if (copy_from_user(tmp, buf, len)) {
+ spin_lock_irq(&dev->lock);
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+ spin_lock_irq(&dev->lock);
+ if (dev->setup_abort) {
+ dev->setup_abort = 0;
+ return -EIDRM;
+ }
+ if (dev->state != STATE_DEV_CONNECTED)
+ return -ECANCELED;
+ retval = setup_req(dev->gadget->ep0, dev->req, len);
if (retval == 0) {
- dev->state = STATE_DEV_CONNECTED;
+ memcpy(dev->req->buf, tmp, len);
+ dev->req->zero = zero;
++dev->udc_usage;
- spin_unlock_irq (&dev->lock);
- if (copy_from_user (dev->req->buf, buf, len))
- retval = -EFAULT;
- else {
- if (len < dev->setup_wLength)
- dev->req->zero = 1;
- retval = usb_ep_queue (
- dev->gadget->ep0, dev->req,
- GFP_KERNEL);
- }
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = true;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&dev->lock);
+ retval = usb_ep_queue(
+ dev->gadget->ep0, dev->req,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
spin_lock_irq(&dev->lock);
--dev->udc_usage;
if (retval < 0) {
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = false;
clean_req (dev->gadget->ep0, dev->req);
} else
retval = len;
-
- return retval;
}
+ return retval;

/* can stall some OUT transfers */
} else if (dev->setup_can_stall) {
@@ -1483,6 +1532,10 @@ gadgetfs_setup (struct usb_gadget *gadget, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)
}

spin_lock (&dev->lock);
+ if (dev->ep0_req_queued) {
+ spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
dev->setup_abort = 0;
if (dev->state == STATE_DEV_UNCONNECTED) {
if (gadget_is_dualspeed(gadget)
@@ -1618,6 +1671,7 @@ gadgetfs_setup (struct usb_gadget *gadget, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)
dev->setup_wLength = w_length;
dev->setup_out_ready = 0;
dev->setup_out_error = 0;
+ dev->setup_out_len = 0;

/* read DATA stage for OUT right away */
if (unlikely (!dev->setup_in && w_length)) {
@@ -1627,12 +1681,14 @@ gadgetfs_setup (struct usb_gadget *gadget, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)
break;

++dev->udc_usage;
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = true;
spin_unlock (&dev->lock);
value = usb_ep_queue (gadget->ep0, dev->req,
GFP_KERNEL);
spin_lock (&dev->lock);
--dev->udc_usage;
if (value < 0) {
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = false;
clean_req (gadget->ep0, dev->req);
break;
}
@@ -1663,21 +1719,26 @@ gadgetfs_setup (struct usb_gadget *gadget, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)
if (value >= 0 && dev->state != STATE_DEV_SETUP) {
req->length = value;
req->zero = value < w_length;
+ req->complete = dev_req_complete;

++dev->udc_usage;
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = true;
spin_unlock (&dev->lock);
value = usb_ep_queue (gadget->ep0, req, GFP_KERNEL);
spin_lock(&dev->lock);
--dev->udc_usage;
- spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
if (value < 0) {
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = false;
+ req->buf = dev->rbuf;
DBG (dev, "ep_queue --> %d\n", value);
req->status = 0;
}
+ spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
return value;
}

/* device stalls when value < 0 */
+ req->buf = dev->rbuf;
spin_unlock (&dev->lock);
return value;
}
@@ -1771,6 +1832,7 @@ static void
gadgetfs_unbind (struct usb_gadget *gadget)
{
struct dev_data *dev = get_gadget_data (gadget);
+ bool queued;

DBG (dev, "%s\n", __func__);

@@ -1781,15 +1843,21 @@ gadgetfs_unbind (struct usb_gadget *gadget)
usleep_range(1000, 2000);
spin_lock_irq(&dev->lock);
}
+ queued = dev->ep0_req_queued;
spin_unlock_irq (&dev->lock);

+ if (dev->req) {
+ if (queued)
+ usb_ep_dequeue(gadget->ep0, dev->req);
+ clean_req(gadget->ep0, dev->req);
+ usb_ep_free_request(gadget->ep0, dev->req);
+ dev->req = NULL;
+ }
+
destroy_ep_files (dev);
gadget->ep0->driver_data = NULL;
set_gadget_data (gadget, NULL);

- /* we've already been disconnected ... no i/o is active */
- if (dev->req)
- usb_ep_free_request (gadget->ep0, dev->req);
DBG (dev, "%s done\n", __func__);
put_dev (dev);
}
@@ -1816,11 +1884,13 @@ static int gadgetfs_bind(struct usb_gadget *gadget,
get_dev (dev);

/* preallocate control response and buffer */
+ dev->ep0_req_queued = false;
dev->req = usb_ep_alloc_request (gadget->ep0, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dev->req)
goto enomem;
dev->req->context = NULL;
- dev->req->complete = epio_complete;
+ dev->req->complete = dev_req_complete;
+ dev->req->buf = dev->rbuf;

if (activate_ep_files (dev) < 0)
goto enomem;

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