From: Rohinthan P <rokinthanp03@gmail.com>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+ccc9a7cb39fa1af827ea@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Rohinthan P <rokinthanp03@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] usb: storage: alauda: check return value of alauda_ensure_map_for_zone()
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:08 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923063008.19570-1-rokinthanp03@gmail.com> (raw)
In alauda_read_data() and alauda_write_lba(), the driver calls
alauda_ensure_map_for_zone() to initialize the LBA-to-PBA block mapping
for a zone before accessing MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba[zone][lba_offset].
However, alauda_ensure_map_for_zone() returns void and ignores the
return value of alauda_read_map(). If reading the block map fails (e.g.
due to I/O error or device disconnection),
MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba[zone] remains NULL. The caller then
dereferences MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba[zone], causing a general
protection fault / NULL pointer dereference:
Oops: general protection fault
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range
[0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:alauda_read_data drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c:972
In addition, alauda_read_data() checked lba >= max_lba after calling
alauda_ensure_map_for_zone(), which could compute an out-of-bounds zone
index.
Make alauda_ensure_map_for_zone() return an error code and verify that
the zone mapping pointers are non-NULL. Check its return value in both
alauda_read_data() and alauda_write_lba(), and move the capacity
overflow check in alauda_read_data() before calling
alauda_ensure_map_for_zone().
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: syzbot+ccc9a7cb39fa1af827ea@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ccc9a7cb39fa1af827ea
Signed-off-by: Rohinthan P <rokinthanp03@gmail.com>
---
drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
index 691fe47..da4964e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
@@ -689,11 +689,25 @@ static int alauda_read_map(struct us_data *us, unsigned int zone)
* Checks to see whether we have already mapped a certain zone
* If we haven't, the map is generated
*/
-static void alauda_ensure_map_for_zone(struct us_data *us, unsigned int zone)
+static int alauda_ensure_map_for_zone(struct us_data *us, unsigned int zone)
{
+ int rc = USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD;
+
+ if (!MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba || !MEDIA_INFO(us).pba_to_lba)
+ return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR;
+
+ if (MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba[zone] == NULL
+ || MEDIA_INFO(us).pba_to_lba[zone] == NULL) {
+ rc = alauda_read_map(us, zone);
+ if (rc != USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD)
+ return rc;
+ }
+
if (MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba[zone] == NULL
|| MEDIA_INFO(us).pba_to_lba[zone] == NULL)
- alauda_read_map(us, zone);
+ return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR;
+
+ return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD;
}
/*
@@ -823,7 +837,9 @@ static int alauda_write_lba(struct us_data *us, u16 lba,
unsigned int new_pba_offset;
unsigned int zone = lba / uzonesize;
- alauda_ensure_map_for_zone(us, zone);
+ result = alauda_ensure_map_for_zone(us, zone);
+ if (result != USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD)
+ return result;
pba = MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba[zone][lba_offset];
if (pba == 1) {
@@ -954,8 +970,6 @@ static int alauda_read_data(struct us_data *us, unsigned long address,
unsigned int lba_offset = lba - (zone * uzonesize);
unsigned int pages;
u16 pba;
- alauda_ensure_map_for_zone(us, zone);
-
/* Not overflowing capacity? */
if (lba >= max_lba) {
usb_stor_dbg(us, "Error: Requested lba %u exceeds maximum %u\n",
@@ -964,6 +978,10 @@ static int alauda_read_data(struct us_data *us, unsigned long address,
break;
}
+ result = alauda_ensure_map_for_zone(us, zone);
+ if (result != USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD)
+ break;
+
/* Find number of pages we can read in this block */
pages = min(sectors, blocksize - page);
len = pages << pageshift;
--
2.53.0
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