Currently, there's no guarantee that udc->driver will be valid when using soft_connect sysfs interface. In fact, we can very easily trigger a NULL pointer dereference by trying to disconnect when a gadget driver isn't loaded. Fix this bug: ~# echo disconnect > soft_connect [ 33.685743] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000014 [ 33.694221] pgd = ed0cc000 [ 33.697174] [00000014] *pgd=ae351831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000 [ 33.703766] Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] SMP ARM [ 33.708697] Modules linked in: xhci_plat_hcd xhci_hcd snd_soc_davinci_mcasp snd_soc_tlv320aic3x snd_soc_edma snd_soc_omap snd_soc_evm snd_soc_core dwc3 snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm snd_timer snd lis3lv02d_i2c matrix_keypad lis3lv02d dwc3_omap input_polldev soundcore [ 33.734372] CPU: 0 PID: 1457 Comm: bash Not tainted 3.17.0-09740-ga93416e-dirty #345 [ 33.742457] task: ee71ce00 ti: ee68a000 task.ti: ee68a000 [ 33.748116] PC is at usb_udc_softconn_store+0xa4/0xec [ 33.753416] LR is at mark_held_locks+0x78/0x90 [ 33.758057] pc : [<c04df128>] lr : [<c00896a4>] psr: 20000013 [ 33.758057] sp : ee68bec8 ip : c0c00008 fp : ee68bee4 [ 33.770050] r10: ee6b394c r9 : ee68bf80 r8 : ee6062c0 [ 33.775508] r7 : 00000000 r6 : ee6062c0 r5 : 0000000b r4 : ee739408 [ 33.782346] r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000000 r1 : ee71d390 r0 : ee664170 [ 33.789168] Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment user [ 33.796636] Control: 10c5387d Table: ad0cc059 DAC: 00000015 [ 33.802638] Process bash (pid: 1457, stack limit = 0xee68a248) [ 33.808740] Stack: (0xee68bec8 to 0xee68c000) [ 33.813299] bec0: 0000000b c0411284 ee6062c0 00000000 ee68bef4 ee68bee8 [ 33.821862] bee0: c04112ac c04df090 ee68bf14 ee68bef8 c01c2868 c0411290 0000000b ee6b3940 [ 33.830419] bf00: 00000000 00000000 ee68bf4c ee68bf18 c01c1a24 c01c2818 00000000 00000000 [ 33.838990] bf20: ee61b940 ee2f47c0 0000000b 000ce408 ee68bf80 c000f304 ee68a000 00000000 [ 33.847544] bf40: ee68bf7c ee68bf50 c0152dd8 c01c1960 ee68bf7c c0170af8 ee68bf7c ee2f47c0 [ 33.856099] bf60: ee2f47c0 000ce408 0000000b c000f304 ee68bfa4 ee68bf80 c0153330 c0152d34 [ 33.864653] bf80: 00000000 00000000 0000000b 000ce408 b6e7fb50 00000004 00000000 ee68bfa8 [ 33.873204] bfa0: c000f080 c01532e8 0000000b 000ce408 00000001 000ce408 0000000b 00000000 [ 33.881763] bfc0: 0000000b 000ce408 b6e7fb50 00000004 0000000b 00000000 000c5758 00000000 [ 33.890319] bfe0: 00000000 bec2c924 b6de422d b6e1d226 40000030 00000001 75716d2f 00657565 [ 33.898890] [<c04df128>] (usb_udc_softconn_store) from [<c04112ac>] (dev_attr_store+0x28/0x34) [ 33.907920] [<c04112ac>] (dev_attr_store) from [<c01c2868>] (sysfs_kf_write+0x5c/0x60) [ 33.916200] [<c01c2868>] (sysfs_kf_write) from [<c01c1a24>] (kernfs_fop_write+0xd0/0x194) [ 33.924773] [<c01c1a24>] (kernfs_fop_write) from [<c0152dd8>] (vfs_write+0xb0/0x1bc) [ 33.932874] [<c0152dd8>] (vfs_write) from [<c0153330>] (SyS_write+0x54/0xb0) [ 33.940247] [<c0153330>] (SyS_write) from [<c000f080>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x48) [ 33.948160] Code: e1a01007 e12fff33 e5140004 e5143008 (e5933014) [ 33.954625] ---[ end trace f849bead94eab7ea ]--- Fixes: 2ccea03 (usb: gadget: introduce UDC Class) Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.1+ Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c index f107bb6..f205465 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-core.c @@ -507,6 +507,11 @@ static ssize_t usb_udc_softconn_store(struct device *dev, { struct usb_udc *udc = container_of(dev, struct usb_udc, dev); + if (!udc->driver) { + dev_err(dev, "soft-connect without a gadget driver\n"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + if (sysfs_streq(buf, "connect")) { usb_gadget_udc_start(udc->gadget, udc->driver); usb_gadget_connect(udc->gadget); -- 2.1.0.GIT -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html