On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 12:35:04PM +0530, Selvarasu Ganesan wrote: > This commit adds a null pointer check for udc in gadget_match_driver to > prevent the below potential dangling pointer access. The issue arises > due to continuous USB role switch and simultaneous UDC write operations > performed by init.rc from user space through configfs. In these > scenarios, there was a possibility of usb_udc_release being done before > gadget_match_driver. > > [27635.233849] BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in gadget_match_driver+0x40/0x94 > [27635.233871] Read of size 8 at addr d7ffff8837ead080 by task init/1 > [27635.233881] Pointer tag: [d7], memory tag: [fe] > [27635.233888] > [27635.233917] Call trace: > [27635.233923] dump_backtrace+0xec/0x10c > [27635.233935] show_stack+0x18/0x24 > [27635.233944] dump_stack_lvl+0x50/0x6c > [27635.233958] print_report+0x150/0x6b4 > [27635.233977] kasan_report+0xe8/0x148 > [27635.233985] __hwasan_load8_noabort+0x88/0x98 > [27635.233995] gadget_match_driver+0x40/0x94 > [27635.234005] __driver_attach+0x60/0x304 > [27635.234018] bus_for_each_dev+0x154/0x1b4 > [27635.234027] driver_attach+0x34/0x48 > [27635.234036] bus_add_driver+0x1ec/0x310 > [27635.234045] driver_register+0xc8/0x1b4 > [27635.234055] usb_gadget_register_driver_owner+0x7c/0x140 > [27635.234066] gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store+0x148/0x19c > [27635.234075] configfs_write_iter+0x180/0x1e0 > [27635.234087] vfs_write+0x298/0x3e4 > [27635.234105] ksys_write+0x88/0x100 > [27635.234115] __arm64_sys_write+0x44/0x5c > [27635.234126] invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x17c > [27635.234143] el0_svc_common+0xf8/0x138 > [27635.234154] do_el0_svc+0x30/0x40 > [27635.234164] el0_svc+0x38/0x68 > [27635.234174] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc > [27635.234184] el0t_64_sync+0x19c/0x1a0 > > Fixes: fc274c1e9973 ("USB: gadget: Add a new bus for gadgets") > Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Selvarasu Ganesan <selvarasu.g@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c > index cf6478f97f4a..77dc0f28ff01 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c > @@ -1338,6 +1338,7 @@ static void usb_udc_release(struct device *dev) > udc = container_of(dev, struct usb_udc, dev); > dev_dbg(dev, "releasing '%s'\n", dev_name(dev)); > kfree(udc); > + udc = NULL; That's not ok, as what happens if you race right between freeing it and accessing it elsewhere? > } > > static const struct attribute_group *usb_udc_attr_groups[]; > @@ -1574,7 +1575,7 @@ static int gadget_match_driver(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *d > struct usb_gadget_driver, driver); > > /* If the driver specifies a udc_name, it must match the UDC's name */ > - if (driver->udc_name && > + if (driver->udc_name && udc && I agree this isn't good, but you just made the window smaller, please fix this properly. thanks, greg k-h