[PATCH] usb: core: hub: Re-guess ep0 maxpacket size on reset

From: Pengfei Lv

Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 07:50:01 EST


Per USB 2.0 spec section 5.5.3, the ep0 maxpacket size is fixed for
all device speeds except full-speed devices, where it can be 8, 16,
32, or 64 bytes and can only be determined by reading the device
descriptor. During the initial enumeration of a full-speed device,
the USB core guesses 64 bytes (hub_port_init() with initial=true);
after reading the descriptor, the real value (e.g. 8) is stored in
udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize and propagated to the xHCI ep0 context
via an Evaluate Context command (xhci_check_maxpacket()).

After a port reset (usb_reset_and_verify_device() -> hub_port_init()
with initial=false), the "if (initial)" guard added by commit
ff33299ec8bb ("USB: core: Fix race by not overwriting udev->descriptor in hub_port_init()") skips the ep0 maxpacket
guess block, so udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize retains the real value
(e.g. 8). The xHCI Reset Device command preserves the ep0 context
as well, so the xHC ep0 max_packet also stays at 8.

When the subsequent re-enumeration then uses the "new scheme" and
issues a 64-byte GET_DESCRIPTOR (get_bMaxPacketSize0 with size=64),
xhci_check_maxpacket() sees hw==sw==8 and does not issue an Evaluate
Context command. The xHC queues a Data TRB of length 64 but applies
ep0 max_packet=8 for short-packet detection. If the device's first
data packet is exactly 8 bytes and it sends no ZLP, the xHC does not
recognise a short packet, keeps issuing IN tokens for the remaining
56 bytes, and the control transfer hangs in the Data stage until URB
timeout. (A standard 18-byte descriptor returned as 8+8+2 is not
affected because the final 2-byte packet is a short packet.)

Fix this by removing the "if (initial)" guard so that the ep0
maxpacket size is re-guessed from udev->speed on every reset. For
full-speed devices this re-establishes the 64-byte guess, which makes
xhci_check_maxpacket() issue an Evaluate Context command that brings
the xHC ep0 context back to max_packet=64 before the GET_DESCRIPTOR
data stage; the data stage then terminates correctly via short-packet
detection, and the ep0 maxpacket is subsequently corrected to the
real value as usual.

For high-speed, low-speed, and SuperSpeed-or-faster devices the
re-guess is a no-op (guessed value equals the fixed real value).
The descriptor-immutability checks (!initial && maxp0 !=
udev->descriptor.bMaxPacketSize0) remain unchanged.

Fixes: ff33299ec8bb ("USB: core: Fix race by not overwriting udev->descriptor in hub_port_init()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Pengfei Lv <lvpengfei20@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 199d3f535a89..51f66b24b353 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -4969,31 +4969,29 @@ hub_port_init(struct usb_hub *hub, struct usb_device *udev, int port1,
}
oldspeed = udev->speed;

- if (initial) {
- /* USB 2.0 section 5.5.3 talks about ep0 maxpacket ...
- * it's fixed size except for full speed devices.
+ /* USB 2.0 section 5.5.3 talks about ep0 maxpacket ...
+ * it's fixed size except for full speed devices.
+ */
+ switch (udev->speed) {
+ case USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS:
+ case USB_SPEED_SUPER:
+ udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(512);
+ break;
+ case USB_SPEED_HIGH: /* fixed at 64 */
+ udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(64);
+ break;
+ case USB_SPEED_FULL: /* 8, 16, 32, or 64 */
+ /* to determine the ep0 maxpacket size, try to read
+ * the device descriptor to get bMaxPacketSize0 and
+ * then correct our initial guess.
*/
- switch (udev->speed) {
- case USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS:
- case USB_SPEED_SUPER:
- udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(512);
- break;
- case USB_SPEED_HIGH: /* fixed at 64 */
- udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(64);
- break;
- case USB_SPEED_FULL: /* 8, 16, 32, or 64 */
- /* to determine the ep0 maxpacket size, try to read
- * the device descriptor to get bMaxPacketSize0 and
- * then correct our initial guess.
- */
- udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(64);
- break;
- case USB_SPEED_LOW: /* fixed at 8 */
- udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(8);
- break;
- default:
- goto fail;
- }
+ udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(64);
+ break;
+ case USB_SPEED_LOW: /* fixed at 8 */
+ udev->ep0.desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(8);
+ break;
+ default:
+ goto fail;
}

speed = usb_speed_string(udev->speed);
--
2.34.1