From: Varun Singh <varun.singh10011@gmail.com>
To: nkapron@google.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bigeasy@linutronix.de,
syzbot+39a2135de1558208d3b3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Varun Singh <varun.singh10011@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] usb: gadget: u_serial: fix gs_port use-after-free on open/unbind race
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 19:41:10 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109141110.3538-3-varun.singh10011@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109141110.3538-1-varun.singh10011@gmail.com>
syzbot reports a use-after-free when a gadget serial function is removed
through configfs while /dev/ttyGS* is being opened:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in check_tty_count+0x134/0x2b0
tty_release+0x95/0x1300 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1728
gs_port embeds a tty_port, which the TTY core stores in tty->port without
taking a reference, so the driver must keep it alive. u_serial instead
waited for port.count to reach zero in gserial_free_port() and then freed
the port. That never worked: once gserial_free_line() has cleared the
ports[] slot, gs_open() returns -ENODEV without incrementing the count, so
the wait completes immediately, the port is freed, and tty_release() reads
it.
Use the tty_port kref. gs_install() runs before the core publishes
tty->port, so it looks the port up under ports[].lock, takes a reference
and stores it in tty->driver_data; .cleanup drops it, .destruct frees the
port, and gserial_free_port() drops the allocation reference rather than
calling kfree().
The close_wait/gs_closed() handshake is then redundant, and once the count
is correct it blocks rmdir until userspace closes /dev/ttyGS*, which syzbot
saw as a hung task, so drop it. Keep cancel_delayed_work_sync(): cancelling
from .destruct instead leaves a use-after-free in the work cancellation
path.
Without the handshake a line can be freed and reallocated while an old
tty_struct is still in gs_tty_driver->ttys[], which only release_tty()
clears. A new open would find it via tty_driver_lookup_tty(), take
tty_reopen() instead of gs_install(), and run gs_open() against the
orphaned port. So gserial_free_line() now hangs up any tty still on the
line, as usb_serial_disconnect() does, and gs_open() rechecks that
tty->driver_data is still the port registered for the line.
gs_close() also no longer warns on a zero port.count: tty->driver_data is
now set before gs_open() runs, so tty_release() legitimately calls
->close() with a zero count after a failed open.
Reproduce by racing repeated open() of /dev/ttyGS0 against rmdir of a
u_serial gadget function, with some opens held so they overlap. An
unpatched KASAN kernel reports the use-after-free within a few thousand
rounds.
Found with the assistance of Claude Opus 5.
Fixes: 19b10a8828a6 ("usb: gadget: allocate & giveback serial ports instead hard code them")
Reported-by: syzbot+39a2135de1558208d3b3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=39a2135de1558208d3b3
Tested-by: syzbot+39a2135de1558208d3b3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Varun Singh <varun.singh10011@gmail.com>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 80 ++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
index e172050f1392..f279a2c6507c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ struct gs_port {
struct kfifo port_write_buf;
wait_queue_head_t drain_wait; /* wait while writes drain */
bool write_busy;
- wait_queue_head_t close_wait;
bool suspended; /* port suspended */
bool start_delayed; /* delay start when suspended */
struct async_icount icount;
@@ -615,8 +614,9 @@ static int gs_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
int status = 0;
mutex_lock(&ports[port_num].lock);
+ /* Reject opens on a removed port, or a stale tty after line reuse. */
port = ports[port_num].port;
- if (!port) {
+ if (!port || port != tty->driver_data) {
status = -ENODEV;
goto out;
}
@@ -648,7 +648,6 @@ static int gs_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
if (port->port.count++)
goto exit_unlock_port;
- tty->driver_data = port;
port->port.tty = tty;
/* if connected, start the I/O stream */
@@ -693,15 +692,14 @@ static int gs_close_flush_done(struct gs_port *p)
static void gs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
{
struct gs_port *port = tty->driver_data;
- struct gserial *gser;
+ struct gserial *gser;
spin_lock_irq(&port->port_lock);
if (port->port.count != 1) {
raced_with_open:
- if (port->port.count == 0)
- WARN_ON(1);
- else
+ /* A failed open can still reach ->close() with a zero count. */
+ if (port->port.count)
--port->port.count;
goto exit;
}
@@ -744,7 +742,6 @@ static void gs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
pr_debug("gs_close: ttyGS%d (%p,%p) done!\n",
port->port_num, tty, file);
- wake_up(&port->close_wait);
exit:
spin_unlock_irq(&port->port_lock);
}
@@ -908,7 +905,40 @@ 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 status;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ports[port_num].lock);
+ port = ports[port_num].port;
+ if (!port) {
+ mutex_unlock(&ports[port_num].lock);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+ tty_port_get(&port->port);
+ mutex_unlock(&ports[port_num].lock);
+
+ status = tty_port_install(&port->port, driver, tty);
+ if (status) {
+ tty_port_put(&port->port);
+ return status;
+ }
+
+ tty->driver_data = port;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void gs_cleanup(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ tty_port_put(tty->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 +1233,15 @@ static void gs_console_exit(struct gs_port *port)
#endif
+static void gs_destruct_port(struct tty_port *port)
+{
+ kfree(container_of(port, struct gs_port, port));
+}
+
+static const struct tty_port_operations gs_port_ops = {
+ .destruct = gs_destruct_port,
+};
+
/* Caller must hold ports[port_num].lock. */
static int
gs_port_alloc(unsigned port_num, struct usb_cdc_line_coding *coding)
@@ -1217,9 +1256,9 @@ gs_port_alloc(unsigned port_num, struct usb_cdc_line_coding *coding)
return -ENOMEM;
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);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&port->push, gs_rx_push);
@@ -1235,25 +1274,11 @@ gs_port_alloc(unsigned port_num, struct usb_cdc_line_coding *coding)
return 0;
}
-static int gs_closed(struct gs_port *port)
-{
- int cond;
-
- spin_lock_irq(&port->port_lock);
- cond = port->port.count == 0;
- spin_unlock_irq(&port->port_lock);
-
- return cond;
-}
-
static void gserial_free_port(struct gs_port *port)
{
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&port->push);
- /* 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)
@@ -1277,6 +1302,13 @@ void gserial_free_line(unsigned char port_num)
tty_unregister_device(gs_tty_driver, port_num);
mutex_unlock(&ports[port_num].lock);
+ /*
+ * Hang up the tty before the line can be reused. Drop
+ * ports[port_num].lock first: it takes tty_lock, which gs_install()
+ * already holds when it acquires that mutex.
+ */
+ tty_port_tty_vhangup(&port->port);
+
gserial_free_port(port);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gserial_free_line);
--
2.34.1
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