[PATCH v7 4/4] usb: gadget: gadgetfs: avoid writing through the const setup pointer

From: Jing Lin via B4 Relay

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 21:43:29 EST


From: Jing Lin <kayano050408@xxxxxxxxx>

gadgetfs_setup() receives the setup packet as const, but clamps an
oversized control IN request by casting away the constness and writing
the truncated length back into the caller's wLength field.

The setup() callback has no business modifying the setup packet, and
ctrl->wLength is only used afterwards when initializing event->u.setup.
Store the clamped w_length into event->u.setup.wLength directly instead.

Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jing Lin <kayano050408@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
index 0b3210f87..5970f0c85 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
@@ -1600,10 +1600,6 @@ gadgetfs_setup (struct usb_gadget *gadget, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)

if (w_length > RBUF_SIZE) {
if (ctrl->bRequestType & USB_DIR_IN) {
- /* Cast away the const, we are going to overwrite on purpose. */
- __le16 *temp = (__le16 *)&ctrl->wLength;
-
- *temp = cpu_to_le16(RBUF_SIZE);
w_length = RBUF_SIZE;
} else {
spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
@@ -1761,6 +1757,8 @@ delegate:
/* state changes when reader collects event */
event = next_event (dev, GADGETFS_SETUP);
event->u.setup = *ctrl;
+ /* Report the length we can actually handle */
+ event->u.setup.wLength = cpu_to_le16(w_length);
ep0_readable (dev);
spin_unlock (&dev->lock);
/*

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