Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: dummyhcd: Fix use-after-free in dummy_free_request

From: John Keeping
Date: Tue Feb 07 2023 - 06:59:58 EST


On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 07:34:40PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 10:52:58PM +0000, Xin Zhao wrote:
> > DummyHCD assume when dummy_free_request is called, the request
> > is already detached from request queues. It is correct in most
> > cases.
> > But when DummyHCD is detached from gadget configfs with pending
> > requests and some requests are still in pending queue,
> > dummy_free_request would free them directly.
> > Later on, dummy_udc_stop would iterate pending queue to release
> > the requests again.
> >
> > Stacktrace for dummy_free_reqeust
> > ```
> > kfree(const void * x) (slub.c:4200)
> > dummy_free_request(struct usb_ep * _ep, struct usb_request * _req) (dummy_hcd.c:691)
> > usb_ep_free_request(struct usb_ep * ep, struct usb_request * req) (core.c:201)
> > functionfs_unbind(struct ffs_data * ffs) (f_fs.c:1894)
>
> That's the bug right there. The kerneldoc for usb_ep_free_request()
> says "Caller guarantees the request is not queued". So it looks like
> the real solution is to fix functionfs_unbind().

This is commit ce405d561b02 ("usb: gadget: f_fs: Ensure ep0req is
dequeued before free_request") IIUC.

Xin, are you able to test a version with that commit?