From: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Neill Kapron <nkapron@google.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>,
Wayne Chang <waynec@nvidia.com>,
Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>, Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>,
Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] usb: gadget: u_serial: keep the port until its tty is released
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:09:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261019090904.3264978-1-mehmet.fide@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261019085855.3259716-1-mehmet.fide@gmail.com>
From: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
gserial_free_line() frees the gs_port, and with it the tty_port it
embeds, as soon as the last close has returned. The tty core keeps
using tty->port until release_tty(), so a hangup that
gserial_disconnect() scheduled before that close can still run and
read the freed port:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in check_tty_count+0x230/0x278
Workqueue: events do_tty_hangup
__tty_hangup.part.0
do_tty_hangup
Allocated by: gserial_alloc_line_no_console <- acm_alloc_instance
Freed by: gserial_free_port <- gserial_free_line <- acm_free_instance
and release_tty() then cancels the buffer work of the freed port.
Take a reference on the tty_port in install and drop it in cleanup,
and let the last reference free the gs_port.
Fixes: 19b10a8828a6 ("usb: gadget: allocate & giveback serial ports instead hard code them")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
---
Notes:
Changes in v2:
- new patch: Sashiko pointed out that with flush_buffer the hangup that
gserial_disconnect() schedules can run after gserial_free_line() has
freed the port; the tty core itself already reads the freed port in that
window (check_tty_count, release_tty), so the port has to live as long
as its tty
drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
index cdd1dfc666c4..19eea724280b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
@@ -908,7 +908,39 @@ static int gs_get_icount(struct tty_struct *tty,
return 0;
}
+static int gs_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ int port_num = tty->index;
+ struct gs_port *port;
+ int ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ports[port_num].lock);
+ port = ports[port_num].port;
+ if (port)
+ tty_port_get(&port->port);
+ mutex_unlock(&ports[port_num].lock);
+ if (!port)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ ret = tty_port_install(&port->port, driver, tty);
+ if (ret) {
+ tty_port_put(&port->port);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ tty->driver_data = port;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void gs_cleanup(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ struct gs_port *port = tty->driver_data;
+
+ tty_port_put(&port->port);
+}
+
static const struct tty_operations gs_tty_ops = {
+ .install = gs_install,
+ .cleanup = gs_cleanup,
.open = gs_open,
.close = gs_close,
.write = gs_write,
@@ -1203,6 +1235,15 @@ static void gs_console_exit(struct gs_port *port)
#endif
+static void gs_port_destruct(struct tty_port *tport)
+{
+ kfree(container_of(tport, struct gs_port, port));
+}
+
+static const struct tty_port_operations gs_port_ops = {
+ .destruct = gs_port_destruct,
+};
+
static int
gs_port_alloc(unsigned port_num, struct usb_cdc_line_coding *coding)
{
@@ -1222,6 +1263,7 @@ gs_port_alloc(unsigned port_num, struct usb_cdc_line_coding *coding)
}
tty_port_init(&port->port);
+ port->port.ops = &gs_port_ops;
spin_lock_init(&port->port_lock);
init_waitqueue_head(&port->drain_wait);
init_waitqueue_head(&port->close_wait);
@@ -1258,8 +1300,7 @@ static void gserial_free_port(struct gs_port *port)
/* wait for old opens to finish */
wait_event(port->close_wait, gs_closed(port));
WARN_ON(port->port_usb != NULL);
- tty_port_destroy(&port->port);
- kfree(port);
+ tty_port_put(&port->port);
}
void gserial_free_line(unsigned char port_num)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-19 9:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-19 8:58 [PATCH v2 0/2] usb: gadget: u_serial: flush_buffer, and keep the port for its tty Mehmet Fide
2026-10-19 9:09 ` Mehmet Fide [this message]
2026-10-21 6:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] usb: gadget: u_serial: keep the port until its tty is released Mehmet Fide
2026-10-19 9:09 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] usb: gadget: u_serial: implement flush_buffer Mehmet Fide
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