* [PATCH] USB: core: don't release an unbound claimed interface via the driver core
@ 2026-10-08 0:34 Nguyen Ngoc Thang
2026-10-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v2] driver core: bind a device with a preset driver even without autoprobe Nguyen Ngoc Thang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang @ 2026-10-08 0:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gregkh
Cc: linux-usb, linux-kernel, stable, syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c,
Nguyen Ngoc Thang
usb_driver_claim_interface() sets dev->driver on an interface and only
calls device_bind_driver() if the interface is already registered.
Otherwise the later device_add() is expected to bind it, but with
bus drivers_autoprobe disabled bus_probe_device() skips the attach, so
the interface ends up with dev->driver set while it was never added to
the driver's klist.
usb_driver_release_interface() then sees a registered device and calls
device_release_driver(), which does klist_remove() on a node that is
not attached and dereferences a NULL klist:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x58-0x5f]
RIP: klist_put+0x4d/0x1d0
klist_remove+0x14c/0x2e0
device_release_driver_internal+0x4fb/0x620
usb_driver_release_interface+0x10e/0x190
cdc_ncm_unbind+0x2ac/0x350
usbnet_disconnect+0x1e2/0x300
usb_unbind_interface+0x1dd/0x9e0
Decide on device_is_bound() instead of device_is_registered(): only go
through the driver core if it really bound the interface, otherwise use
the same direct unbind as for an unregistered interface.
Reported-by: syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=863936f50214e843ae0c
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
---
Root cause: cdc_ncm claims its data interface from probe of the control
interface, before the data interface is registered, so only dev->driver
is set and the bind is left to device_add(). With drivers_autoprobe=0
that bind never happens, so release goes through device_release_driver()
on an interface that was never put on the driver's klist.
Tested with the syzbot C reproducer in QEMU (KASAN, dummy_hcd) on
111dc5487a4e: the baseline oopses in klist_put() in 2 of 6 runs (the
reproducer is racy), the patched kernel in 0 of 10. A temporary
pr_info confirmed the new path is taken in a run that would otherwise
crash. The Fixes tag points at the start of git history, as the code
predates it.
drivers/usb/core/driver.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index 7f33fe5ba03b..c7922875dd59 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -636,10 +636,11 @@ void usb_driver_release_interface(struct usb_driver *driver,
return;
iface->condition = USB_INTERFACE_UNBINDING;
- /* Release via the driver core only if the interface
- * has already been registered
+ /* Release via the driver core only if the interface has been
+ * bound by it. A claimed interface is not bound if it was
+ * registered with drivers_autoprobe disabled.
*/
- if (device_is_registered(dev)) {
+ if (device_is_bound(dev)) {
device_release_driver(dev);
} else {
device_lock(dev);
--
2.43.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* [PATCH v2] driver core: bind a device with a preset driver even without autoprobe
2026-10-08 0:34 [PATCH] USB: core: don't release an unbound claimed interface via the driver core Nguyen Ngoc Thang
@ 2026-10-08 14:48 ` Nguyen Ngoc Thang
2026-10-08 16:12 ` [PATCH v3] " Nguyen Ngoc Thang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang @ 2026-10-08 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gregkh, rafael, dakr
Cc: driver-core, linux-usb, linux-kernel, stable,
syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c, Nguyen Ngoc Thang
usb_driver_claim_interface() may claim an interface that is not yet
registered, in which case it only sets dev->driver and relies on the
later device_add() to bind it via __device_attach(). With the bus
drivers_autoprobe disabled, device_initial_probe() skips the attach, so
the device is registered with dev->driver set but never added to the
driver's klist.
Releasing such a device (from usb_driver_release_interface() or from
sysfs unbind) makes __device_release_driver() call klist_remove() on an
unattached node and dereference a NULL klist:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x58-0x5f]
RIP: klist_put+0x4d/0x1d0
klist_remove+0x14c/0x2e0
device_release_driver_internal+0x4fb/0x620
usb_driver_release_interface+0x10e/0x190
cdc_ncm_unbind+0x2ac/0x350
usbnet_disconnect+0x1e2/0x300
usb_unbind_interface+0x1dd/0x9e0
Autoprobe only governs matching drivers to devices; a device that
already has a driver needs no matching, just the bind that was promised
at claim time. Do not skip that bind.
Reported-by: syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=863936f50214e843ae0c
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
---
v2: Sashiko pointed out that v1 only closed one entry point: a sysfs
unbind of the claimed-but-unbound data interface would still reach
klist_remove() on an unattached node. Fix the state itself instead:
bind the device when a driver was preset, as claim promised. v1 was
"USB: core: don't release an unbound claimed interface via the driver
core" (device_is_bound() in usb_driver_release_interface()), dropped.
Tested with the syzbot C reproducer in QEMU (KASAN, dummy_hcd). The
race that leaves the interface unbound is rare, so to make it
deterministic I temporarily made device_initial_probe() behave as if
autoprobe were off whenever dev->driver is set: the unpatched logic
oopses 3/3, with this patch 0/4. The plain patched kernel, without
the hack, shows no oops either.
drivers/base/dd.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index f6525a7ee8c5..137bf1dea333 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,8 @@ void device_initial_probe(struct device *dev)
if (!sp)
return;
- if (sp->drivers_autoprobe)
+ /* a device with a preset driver must still be bound */
+ if (sp->drivers_autoprobe || dev->driver)
__device_attach(dev, true);
subsys_put(sp);
--
2.43.0
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2026-10-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v2] driver core: bind a device with a preset driver even without autoprobe Nguyen Ngoc Thang
@ 2026-10-08 16:12 ` Nguyen Ngoc Thang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang @ 2026-10-08 16:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gregkh, rafael, dakr
Cc: driver-core, linux-usb, linux-kernel, stable,
syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c, Nguyen Ngoc Thang
usb_driver_claim_interface() may claim an interface that is not yet
registered, in which case it only sets dev->driver and relies on the
later device_add() to bind it via __device_attach(). With the bus
drivers_autoprobe disabled, device_initial_probe() skips the attach, so
the device is registered with dev->driver set but never added to the
driver's klist.
Releasing such a device (from usb_driver_release_interface() or from
sysfs unbind) makes __device_release_driver() call klist_remove() on an
unattached node and dereference a NULL klist:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x58-0x5f]
RIP: klist_put+0x4d/0x1d0
klist_remove+0x14c/0x2e0
device_release_driver_internal+0x4fb/0x620
usb_driver_release_interface+0x10e/0x190
cdc_ncm_unbind+0x2ac/0x350
usbnet_disconnect+0x1e2/0x300
usb_unbind_interface+0x1dd/0x9e0
Autoprobe only governs matching drivers to devices; a device that
already has a driver needs no matching, just the bind that was promised
at claim time. Do that bind under the device lock when autoprobe is
off, so that a concurrently cleared dev->driver cannot fall through to
probing every driver on the bus.
Reported-by: syzbot+863936f50214e843ae0c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=863936f50214e843ae0c
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
---
v3: Sashiko noted that the lockless dev->driver check in v2 could race
with dev->driver being cleared, letting __device_attach() probe every
driver despite autoprobe being off. Do the preset bind in a helper that
checks dev->driver under the device lock.
v2: fix the unbound state itself rather than usb_driver_release_interface()
(a sysfs unbind would still hit it).
Tested with the syzbot C reproducer in QEMU (KASAN, dummy_hcd). The
race that leaves the interface unbound is rare, so to make it
deterministic I temporarily made device_initial_probe() behave as if
autoprobe were off whenever dev->driver is set: the unpatched logic
oopses 3/3, with this patch 0/4 (64 USB connects each). The plain
patched kernel shows no oops either.
drivers/base/dd.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 137bf1dea333..bb1e76bf6122 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1142,6 +1142,16 @@ int device_attach(struct device *dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_attach);
+/* Bind a device whose driver was set before device_add(), no matching. */
+static void device_bind_preset(struct device *dev)
+{
+ device_lock(dev);
+ if (!dev->p->dead && dev->driver && !device_is_bound(dev) &&
+ device_bind_driver(dev))
+ device_set_driver(dev, NULL);
+ device_unlock(dev);
+}
+
void device_initial_probe(struct device *dev)
{
struct subsys_private *sp = bus_to_subsys(dev->bus);
@@ -1149,9 +1159,10 @@ void device_initial_probe(struct device *dev)
if (!sp)
return;
- /* a device with a preset driver must still be bound */
- if (sp->drivers_autoprobe || dev->driver)
+ if (sp->drivers_autoprobe)
__device_attach(dev, true);
+ else
+ device_bind_preset(dev);
subsys_put(sp);
}
--
2.43.0
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