From: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
To: Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@gmail.com>,
co <co+fd80bc5967eb22c3@bugs.sh>,
Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: xhci: Fix bounce buffer overflow
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 16:39:14 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5f539374-ef55-4400-89b0-f826bdf692d7@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902132458.5de2f031.michal.pecio@gmail.com>
On 9/2/26 14:24, Michal Pecio wrote:
> High-speed devices with out of spec 1024 byte bulk endpoints exist and
> are allowed by USB core, but xhci-hcd always sets packet size to 512.
> The exact nature of these devices isn't documented, commit fb5ee84ea72c
> ("USB: Accept bulk endpoints with 1024-byte maxpacket") only states
> that they "don't work with xHCI host controllers", whatever it means.
>
> But somebody (or a malicious device) can try, and then the driver will
> allocate a 512 byte bounce buffer for this endpoint and may write up to
> 1024 bytes into it if particular scatter-gather URBs are used, because
> xhci_align_td() obtains packet size from the descriptor. Fix this.
>
> As a side effect, TRBs will be aligned to the packet size chosen by the
> driver on all endpoints of all speeds. Alignment serves the xHC, not
> device, so this is fine. Only out of spec devices are affected anyway.
>
> Reported-by: co+fd80bc5967eb22c3@bugs.sh
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/D4tcSGerkYkIV1DmaUo1t8TaR5qQElDLkidn@bugs.sh/
> Fixes: f9c589e142d0 ("xhci: TD-fragment, align the unsplittable case with a bounce buffer")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@gmail.com>
Thanks, added to queue
-Mathias
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-27 12:43 [BUG] drivers/usb: out-of-bounds in xhci_queue_bulk_tx() co
2026-08-27 12:50 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-08-27 17:31 ` Xiang Mei
2026-08-28 2:00 ` CO
2026-08-27 22:47 ` Michal Pecio
2026-09-02 11:24 ` [PATCH] usb: xhci: Fix bounce buffer overflow Michal Pecio
2026-09-02 13:39 ` Mathias Nyman [this message]
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