[PATCH] usb: dwc2: truncate PIO RX FIFO reads to the request's remaining space

From: Haofeng Li

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 09:36:32 EST


dwc2_hsotg_rx_data() reads the OUT packet length from the RX FIFO status
(GRXSTS.BYTECNT, host-controlled) and, when it exceeds the remaining
space of the active gadget request (max_req = req.length - req.actual),
merely fires WARN_ON_ONCE(1) and then stores the whole packet into
hs_req->req.buf + req->req.actual via dwc2_readl_rep():

req.actual += size;
dwc2_readl_rep(hsotg, EPFIFO(ep_idx), req.buf + actual,
DIV_ROUND_UP(size, 4));

A packet larger than the request buffer therefore over-writes up to
maxpacket bytes past it. The rounded-up word read additionally emits up
to 3 bytes past the logical end even when the size does not exceed the
remaining space (short-request boundary).

Attack chain (USB peripheral/gadget mode, PIO only; the attacker is the
USB host):

malicious host -> OUT packet on epN -> RX FIFO interrupt
-> dwc2_hsotg_handle_rx() (GRXSTS_PKTSTS_OUTRX / SETUPRX)
-> dwc2_hsotg_rx_data(hsotg, epnum, BYTECNT=64) with the queued
request having req.length=8, req.actual=7 (1 byte left)
-> "to_read(64) > max_req(1)" -> WARN_ON_ONCE(1) only
-> dwc2_readl_rep() writes 16 words at req.buf+7
-> 63 bytes past the 8-byte request buffer

Reproduced (kernel 7.2.0+, KASAN/SLUB debug): calling the real
dwc2_hsotg_rx_data() with the above state (request buffer 8 bytes,
actual 7, size 64) triggers the WARN and leaves req.actual = 71 (the
64 bytes are accrued regardless), and the SLUB redzone immediately
after the 8-byte object plus neighbouring slab objects are overwritten
with FIFO content (byte 7 changes from a marker to FIFO data) - the
out-of-bounds write is visible byte-for-byte. The FIFO read is done by
raw 32-bit I/O words, which generic KASAN does not instrument, so the
redzone/neighbour clobber is the forensic evidence.

Signed-off-by: Haofeng Li <lihaofeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: opencode:deepseek-v4-flash-free
---
drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c b/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c
index c8b02c27d27d..61bf42b04d83 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc2/gadget.c
@@ -2267,6 +2267,7 @@ static void dwc2_hsotg_rx_data(struct dwc2_hsotg *hsotg, int ep_idx, int size)
int to_read;
int max_req;
int read_ptr;
+ u32 drain;

if (!hs_req) {
u32 epctl = dwc2_readl(hsotg, DOEPCTL(ep_idx));
@@ -2286,30 +2287,46 @@ static void dwc2_hsotg_rx_data(struct dwc2_hsotg *hsotg, int ep_idx, int size)
to_read = size;
read_ptr = hs_req->req.actual;
max_req = hs_req->req.length - read_ptr;
+ drain = 0;

dev_dbg(hsotg->dev, "%s: read %d/%d, done %d/%d\n",
__func__, to_read, max_req, read_ptr, hs_req->req.length);

if (to_read > max_req) {
/*
- * more data appeared than we where willing
- * to deal with in this request.
+ * More data appeared than we were willing to deal with in
+ * this request. Keep only what fits in the request buffer
+ * and discard the rest from the FIFO, instead of overwriting
+ * bytes past the request buffer (a 64-byte packet into a
+ * request with one byte left used to over-write 63 bytes past
+ * its end).
*/
-
- /* currently we don't deal this */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ dev_dbg(hsotg->dev, "%s: packet %d > request space %d, dropping %d\n",
+ __func__, to_read, max_req, to_read - max_req);
+ drain = DIV_ROUND_UP(to_read - max_req, 4);
+ to_read = max_req;
}

hs_ep->total_data += to_read;
hs_req->req.actual += to_read;
- to_read = DIV_ROUND_UP(to_read, 4);

/*
- * note, we might over-write the buffer end by 3 bytes depending on
- * alignment of the data.
+ * Copy word-at-a-time so the request buffer is exactly filled and
+ * never over-run by the 4-byte rounding of the previous FIFO bulk
+ * read (which could also emit up to 3 bytes past the buffer end).
*/
- dwc2_readl_rep(hsotg, EPFIFO(ep_idx),
- hs_req->req.buf + read_ptr, to_read);
+ while (to_read > 0) {
+ u32 word = dwc2_readl(hsotg, EPFIFO(ep_idx));
+ unsigned int chunk = min_t(unsigned int, to_read, 4);
+
+ memcpy(hs_req->req.buf + read_ptr, &word, chunk);
+ read_ptr += chunk;
+ to_read -= chunk;
+ }
+
+ /* drain the discarded bytes so the next FIFO event is a fresh packet */
+ while (drain-- > 0)
+ (void)dwc2_readl(hsotg, EPFIFO(ep_idx));
}

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