Forwarded: [PATCH] usb: gadget: u_serial: fix use-after-free of gs_port on concurrent open

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Date: Sat Aug 29 2026 - 08:34:29 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] usb: gadget: u_serial: fix use-after-free of gs_port on concurrent open
Author: lingrain580@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

gserial_free_line() frees the gs_port while the tty layer may still be
about to use the tty_port embedded in it. gs_tty_driver->ports[] keeps
pointing at the freed memory, because tty_unregister_device() only clears
cdevs[] and never touches ports[].

A concurrent open() then picks up that stale pointer in tty_init_dev():

if (!tty->port)
tty->port = driver->ports[idx];
...
tty->port->itty = tty;

gs_open() does check ports[port_num].port and returns -ENODEV, but that
check runs after tty->port has already been assigned, so even the failed
open dereferences freed memory on its release path:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in release_tty+0x589/0x5d0
Write of size 8 at addr ffff88804b450120 by task repro/4930

Allocated by task 4929:
gs_port_alloc
gserial_alloc_line_no_console
acm_alloc_instance
configfs_mkdir

Freed by task 4929:
gserial_free_port
gserial_free_line
acm_free_instance
config_item_cleanup

The existing wait_event(port->close_wait, gs_closed(port)) does not help
here: a failed open never increments port.count, so gs_closed() reports
the port as closed and the wait returns immediately.

Give gs_port proper reference counting, the way cdc-acm.c already does on
the host side. Add a tty_port_operations::destruct callback that performs
the kfree(), acquire a reference in a new ->install callback while holding
ports[].lock, and release it in ->cleanup. gserial_free_port() now calls
tty_port_put() instead of freeing directly, so the memory is released only
once the last user is gone.

Reproduced with the syzbot C reproducer on v7.2-rc6 with KASAN and
PREEMPT_RT enabled; the report is gone after this change and the
WARN_ON(port->itty) in tty_port_destructor() does not trigger, confirming
the references are balanced.

Reported-by: syzbot+bca09f5d8b843bbf7571@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bca09f5d8b843bbf7571
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tianqi Dong <lingrain580@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
index cdd1dfc66..6eabccf9b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
@@ -908,7 +908,51 @@ static int gs_get_icount(struct tty_struct *tty,
return 0;
}

+static void gs_port_destruct(struct tty_port *port)
+{
+ struct gs_port *gs = container_of(port, struct gs_port, port);
+
+ kfree(gs);
+}
+
+static const struct tty_port_operations gs_port_ops = {
+ .destruct = gs_port_destruct,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Take a reference to the port before the tty core stores it in tty->port.
+ * Otherwise gserial_free_line() may free the port while a concurrent open()
+ * is about to dereference the stale pointer left in gs_tty_driver->ports[].
+ */
+static int gs_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ struct gs_port *port;
+ int status;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ports[tty->index].lock);
+ port = ports[tty->index].port;
+ if (!port) {
+ mutex_unlock(&ports[tty->index].lock);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+ tty_port_get(&port->port);
+ mutex_unlock(&ports[tty->index].lock);
+
+ status = tty_port_install(&port->port, driver, tty);
+ if (status)
+ tty_port_put(&port->port);
+
+ return status;
+}
+
+static void gs_cleanup(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ tty_port_put(tty->port);
+}
+
static const struct tty_operations gs_tty_ops = {
+ .install = gs_install,
+ .cleanup = gs_cleanup,
.open = gs_open,
.close = gs_close,
.write = gs_write,
@@ -1222,6 +1266,7 @@ gs_port_alloc(unsigned port_num, struct usb_cdc_line_coding *coding)
}

tty_port_init(&port->port);
+ port->port.ops = &gs_port_ops;
spin_lock_init(&port->port_lock);
init_waitqueue_head(&port->drain_wait);
init_waitqueue_head(&port->close_wait);
@@ -1258,8 +1303,7 @@ static void gserial_free_port(struct gs_port *port)
/* wait for old opens to finish */
wait_event(port->close_wait, gs_closed(port));
WARN_ON(port->port_usb != NULL);
- tty_port_destroy(&port->port);
- kfree(port);
+ tty_port_put(&port->port);
}

void gserial_free_line(unsigned char port_num)
--
2.43.0