From: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
To: Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@gmail.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Hongren Zheng <i@zenithal.me>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>,
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] usbip: vudc: Prevent transfer timer rearm during teardown
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:41:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921224130.492681-1-mhun512@gmail.com> (raw)
Commit d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in
vudc_remove due to race condition") made v_stop_timer() delete the
transfer timer synchronously before vudc_remove() frees its containing
struct vudc.
That does not close the race with the receive thread, which is stopped
later through usb_del_gadget_udc() and vudc_shutdown(). The thread
calls v_kick_timer() for CMD_SUBMIT and CMD_UNLINK packets, and
v_kick_timer() deliberately calls mod_timer() when the transfer state is
VUDC_TR_STOPPED. A packet received after v_stop_timer() returns can
therefore enqueue the timer again before the vudc is freed.
timer_delete_sync() only drains the current timer instance and cannot
prevent such a rearm. Use timer_shutdown_sync(), which makes subsequent
attempts to arm the timer no-ops. The transfer state no longer needs to
be updated, as it is freed along with the timer.
On a KASAN and DEBUG_OBJECTS enabled x86_64 QEMU guest, repeatedly
binding the device, submitting a request and unbinding it produced a
"free active timer_list" warning followed by a slab-use-after-free in
v_timer(). With this change the same harness completed 4000 iterations
cleanly.
This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
while reviewing kernel code.
Fixes: d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in vudc_remove due to race condition")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230316180940.1601515-1-zyytlz.wz@163.com/
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
---
drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
index d4ce85c4c6a2..4146b746a320 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static void v_timer(struct timer_list *t)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&udc->lock, flags);
}
-/* All timer functions are run with udc->lock held */
+/* v_start_timer() and v_kick_timer() are called with udc->lock held. */
void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc)
{
@@ -490,8 +490,6 @@ void v_stop_timer(struct vudc *udc)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
- /* Delete the timer synchronously before teardown frees udc. */
dev_dbg(&udc->pdev->dev, "timer stop");
- timer_delete_sync(&t->timer);
- t->state = VUDC_TR_STOPPED;
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&t->timer);
}
base-commit: 238650ef6c7c7cca08e032527329424c9fbd70e5
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 22:41 UTC|newest]
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2026-09-21 22:41 Myeonghun Pak [this message]
2026-09-22 5:37 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-09-22 9:47 ` Shuah Khan
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