[PATCH] usb: cdns3: Handle ZLP request allocation failure

From: Triet Hoang

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 11:14:32 EST


From: Triet Hoang <triet.hoang.dev@xxxxxxxxx>

Check the return value of cdns3_gadget_ep_alloc_request() before
dereferencing the returned request.

Signed-off-by: Triet Hoang <triet.hoang.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Allocate the ZLP request before queuing the primary request.
- Free the allocated ZLP request when the primary request queueing fails.

Changes in v3:
- Move patch version descriptions below the '---' marker.

drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
index 42311c1bfada..05d225f99012 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
@@ -2641,7 +2641,7 @@ static int __cdns3_gadget_ep_queue(struct usb_ep *ep,
static int cdns3_gadget_ep_queue(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *request,
gfp_t gfp_flags)
{
- struct usb_request *zlp_request;
+ struct usb_request *zlp_request = NULL;
struct cdns3_endpoint *priv_ep;
struct cdns3_device *priv_dev;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -2655,24 +2655,36 @@ static int cdns3_gadget_ep_queue(struct usb_ep *ep, struct usb_request *request,

spin_lock_irqsave(&priv_dev->lock, flags);

- ret = __cdns3_gadget_ep_queue(ep, request, gfp_flags);
-
- if (ret == 0 && request->zero && request->length &&
+ if (request->zero && request->length &&
(request->length % ep->maxpacket == 0)) {
struct cdns3_request *priv_req;

zlp_request = cdns3_gadget_ep_alloc_request(ep, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!zlp_request) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
zlp_request->buf = priv_dev->zlp_buf;
zlp_request->length = 0;

priv_req = to_cdns3_request(zlp_request);
priv_req->flags |= REQUEST_ZLP;
+ }
+
+ ret = __cdns3_gadget_ep_queue(ep, request, gfp_flags);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;

+ if (zlp_request) {
dev_dbg(priv_dev->dev, "Queuing ZLP for endpoint: %s\n",
priv_ep->name);
ret = __cdns3_gadget_ep_queue(ep, zlp_request, gfp_flags);
}

+out:
+ if (ret && zlp_request)
+ cdns3_gadget_ep_free_request(ep, zlp_request);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv_dev->lock, flags);
return ret;
}
--
2.53.0