Re: [PATCH] usb: usbtmc: Allocate enough space for interrupt-IN buffer

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Thu Apr 23 2026 - 01:37:49 EST


On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 07:33:07AM +0200, Michal Pecio wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:22:09 -0300, Heitor Alves de Siqueira wrote:
> > The USBTMC driver allocates the Interrupt-IN buffer according to the
> > wMaxPacketSize value obtained from the USB endpoint. If a USB device
> > advertises a small enough wMaxPacketSize (e.g. a malfunctioning device
> > or an endpoint constructed by syzbot), the buffer will not have enough
> > space for the mandatory headers and will trigger an out-of-bounds read.
> >
> > Fix by ensuring the driver will allocate at least enough space to fit
> > the headers for Interrupt-IN packets (bNotify1 and bNotify2).
> >
> > Fixes: dbf3e7f654c0 ("Implement an ioctl to support the USMTMC-USB488 READ_STATUS_BYTE operation.")
> > Reported-by: syzbot+abbfd103085885cf16a2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=abbfd103085885cf16a2
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Heitor Alves de Siqueira <halves@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
> > index bd9347804dec..22efa74008f8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
> > @@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ static int usbtmc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> > kref_get(&data->kref);
> >
> > /* allocate buffer for interrupt in */
> > - data->iin_buffer = kmalloc(data->iin_wMaxPacketSize,
> > + data->iin_buffer = kmalloc(max(2, data->iin_wMaxPacketSize),
> > GFP_KERNEL);
>
> This changes OOB read into uninitialized memory read, which syzbot
> may complain about again next week.
>
> More reliable fix would be to reject such devices if they are illegal,

That's the best thing to do.

thanks,

greg k-h