* [PATCH v2] usbip: vudc: Prevent transfer timer rearm during teardown
@ 2026-09-23 2:20 Myeonghun Pak
2026-09-23 9:11 ` Shuah Khan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Myeonghun Pak @ 2026-09-23 2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Valentina Manea, Shuah Khan, Shuah Khan, Hongren Zheng,
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Cc: Ijae Kim, Michael Bommarito, linux-usb, linux-kernel, stable
Commit d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in
vudc_remove due to race condition") deletes the transfer timer before
vudc_remove() frees the vudc, but the receive thread keeps running
until usb_del_gadget_udc(). v_kick_timer() calls mod_timer() for
CMD_SUBMIT and CMD_UNLINK even in VUDC_TR_STOPPED, so a packet after
timer_delete_sync() rearms the timer and v_timer() uses the freed
vudc.
Use timer_shutdown_sync(), which ignores later arming. The transfer
state is freed with the timer. Annotate v_start_timer() and
v_kick_timer() with __must_hold(&udc->lock).
A KASAN and DEBUG_OBJECTS x86_64 QEMU guest reproduced the free-active
timer warning and the use-after-free in v_timer(). The same harness
completed 4000 iterations with this change.
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>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop the lock-held comment and mark v_start_timer() and
v_kick_timer() with __must_hold(&udc->lock), on the prototypes and
the definitions (Greg Kroah-Hartman).
drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h | 6 ++++--
drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c | 8 +++-----
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
index 5ef0e7d9b23a..c129f4c56e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ int v_rx_loop(void *data);
/* vudc_transfer.c */
void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc);
-void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc);
-void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time);
+void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock);
+void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock);
void v_stop_timer(struct vudc *udc);
/* vudc_dev.c */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
index d4ce85c4c6a2..ba625622975e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ static void v_timer(struct timer_list *t)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&udc->lock, flags);
}
-/* All timer functions are run with udc->lock held */
-
void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
@@ -452,6 +450,7 @@ void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc)
}
void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
@@ -470,6 +469,7 @@ void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
}
void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time)
+ __must_hold(&udc->lock)
{
struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
@@ -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
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2026-09-23 2:20 [PATCH v2] usbip: vudc: Prevent transfer timer rearm during teardown Myeonghun Pak
@ 2026-09-23 9:11 ` Shuah Khan
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Shuah Khan @ 2026-09-23 9:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Myeonghun Pak, Valentina Manea, Shuah Khan, Hongren Zheng,
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Cc: Ijae Kim, Michael Bommarito, linux-usb, linux-kernel, stable, Shuah Khan
On 9/22/26 20:20, Myeonghun Pak wrote:
> Commit d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in
> vudc_remove due to race condition") deletes the transfer timer before
> vudc_remove() frees the vudc, but the receive thread keeps running
> until usb_del_gadget_udc(). v_kick_timer() calls mod_timer() for
> CMD_SUBMIT and CMD_UNLINK even in VUDC_TR_STOPPED, so a packet after
> timer_delete_sync() rearms the timer and v_timer() uses the freed
> vudc.
>
> Use timer_shutdown_sync(), which ignores later arming. The transfer
> state is freed with the timer. Annotate v_start_timer() and
> v_kick_timer() with __must_hold(&udc->lock).
Can you explain why __must_hold(&udc->lock) necessary?
>
> A KASAN and DEBUG_OBJECTS x86_64 QEMU guest reproduced the free-active
> timer warning and the use-after-free in v_timer(). The same harness
> completed 4000 iterations with this change.__must_hold(&udc->lock)
What does the harness do? You mentioned it in a response, but I would
like to see this in the change log.
>
> 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>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop the lock-held comment and mark v_start_timer() and
> v_kick_timer() with __must_hold(&udc->lock), on the prototypes and
> the definitions (Greg Kroah-Hartman).
>
> drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h | 6 ++++--
> drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c | 8 +++-----
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
> index 5ef0e7d9b23a..c129f4c56e8a 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
> +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc.h
> @@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ int v_rx_loop(void *data);
> /* vudc_transfer.c */
>
> void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc);
> -void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc);
> -void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time);
> +void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
> + __must_hold(&udc->lock);
> +void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time)
> + __must_hold(&udc->lock);
> void v_stop_timer(struct vudc *udc);
>
> /* vudc_dev.c */
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
> index d4ce85c4c6a2..ba625622975e 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
> @@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ static void v_timer(struct timer_list *t)
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&udc->lock, flags);
> }
>
> -/* All timer functions are run with udc->lock held */
> -
> void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc)
> {
> struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
> @@ -452,6 +450,7 @@ void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc)
> }
>
> void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
> + __must_hold(&udc->lock)
> {
> struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
>
> @@ -470,6 +469,7 @@ void v_start_timer(struct vudc *udc)
> }
>
> void v_kick_timer(struct vudc *udc, unsigned long time)
> + __must_hold(&udc->lock)
> {
> struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer;
>
> @@ -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
Have you tested this with real devices bound to a host and exported
to a client?
thanks,
-- Shuah
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