[PATCH 1/1] usb: dwc3: gadget: fix IRQ storm on invalid event buffer count
From: Jiazi Liu
Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 05:41:13 EST
When dwc3_check_event_buf() reads a GEVNTCOUNT value exceeding the
event buffer length, commit 63ccd26cd1f6 ("usb: dwc3: gadget: check
that event count does not exceed event buffer length") returns IRQ_NONE
without writing back GEVNTCOUNT. Since the DWC3 interrupt is
level-triggered, the uncleared IRQ source keeps the line asserted,
causing a tight IRQ storm that accumulates 99,900 unhandled interrupts
and triggers spurious.c:184 BUG -> kernel panic.
The resulting call stack:
__report_bad_irq+0xac/0xc8
note_interrupt+0x340/0x468
handle_irq_event+0xac/0xc0
handle_fasteoi_irq+0x120/0x228
gic_handle_irq+0x68/0x108
...
kernel BUG at kernel/irq/spurious.c:184
To reproduce, write a bogus value exceeding the event buffer length
directly to the GEVNTCOUNT register:
devmem <DWC3_BASE + 0xc40c> 4 0x1004
Write the bogus count back to GEVNTCOUNT to clear the IRQ source,
consistent with the stale event clearing pattern in
dwc3_event_buffers_setup(), and schedule a soft disconnect via
softcon_work to recover the controller state.
Fixes: 63ccd26cd1f6 ("usb: dwc3: gadget: check that event count does not exceed event buffer length")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jiazi Liu <liujiazi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h | 2 ++
drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h
index 608daeb7ef10..0881ed7e956e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ struct dwc3_glue_ops {
/**
* struct dwc3 - representation of our controller
* @drd_work: workqueue used for role swapping
+ * @softcon_work: workqueue used for soft connect/disconnect recovery
* @ep0_trb: trb which is used for the ctrl_req
* @bounce: address of bounce buffer
* @setup_buf: used while precessing STD USB requests
@@ -1189,6 +1190,7 @@ struct dwc3_glue_ops {
*/
struct dwc3 {
struct work_struct drd_work;
+ struct work_struct softcon_work;
struct dwc3_trb *ep0_trb;
void *bounce;
u8 *setup_buf;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
index fa0f16ffafef..9b24259272a4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
@@ -4669,7 +4669,18 @@ static irqreturn_t dwc3_check_event_buf(struct dwc3_event_buffer *evt)
if (count > evt->length) {
dev_err_ratelimited(dwc->dev, "invalid count(%u) > evt->length(%u)\n",
count, evt->length);
- return IRQ_NONE;
+ /*
+ * The DWC3 interrupt is level-triggered. Returning IRQ_NONE
+ * without clearing the IRQ source leaves the line asserted,
+ * causing a tight IRQ storm that triggers spurious.c:184 BUG.
+ * Write the bogus count back to GEVNTCOUNT to clear the source,
+ * consistent with the stale event clearing in
+ * dwc3_event_buffers_setup(), then schedule a soft disconnect
+ * to recover the controller state.
+ */
+ dwc3_writel(dwc->regs, DWC3_GEVNTCOUNT(0), count);
+ schedule_work(&dwc->softcon_work);
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
evt->count = count;
@@ -4729,6 +4740,14 @@ static void dwc_gadget_release(struct device *dev)
kfree(gadget);
}
+static void dwc3_softcon_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct dwc3 *dwc = container_of(work, struct dwc3, softcon_work);
+
+ dev_err(dwc->dev, "event buffer error: performing soft disconnect\n");
+ dwc3_gadget_soft_disconnect(dwc);
+}
+
/**
* dwc3_gadget_init - initializes gadget related registers
* @dwc: pointer to our controller context structure
@@ -4772,6 +4791,7 @@ int dwc3_gadget_init(struct dwc3 *dwc)
}
init_completion(&dwc->ep0_in_setup);
+ INIT_WORK(&dwc->softcon_work, dwc3_softcon_work);
dwc->gadget = kzalloc_obj(struct usb_gadget);
if (!dwc->gadget) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -4868,6 +4888,7 @@ void dwc3_gadget_exit(struct dwc3 *dwc)
if (!dwc->gadget)
return;
+ cancel_work_sync(&dwc->softcon_work);
dwc3_enable_susphy(dwc, true);
usb_del_gadget(dwc->gadget);
dwc3_gadget_free_endpoints(dwc);
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)