[PATCH] usbip: vudc: Prevent transfer timer rearm during teardown
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From: Myeonghun Pak <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-21 22:41:33
Also in:
linux-usb, stable
Subsystem:
the rest, usb over ip driver, usb subsystem · Maintainers:
Linus Torvalds, Valentina Manea, Shuah Khan, Shuah Khan, Greg Kroah-Hartman
Commit d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in
vudc_remove due to race condition") made v_stop_timer() delete the
transfer timer synchronously before vudc_remove() frees its containing
struct vudc.
That does not close the race with the receive thread, which is stopped
later through usb_del_gadget_udc() and vudc_shutdown(). The thread
calls v_kick_timer() for CMD_SUBMIT and CMD_UNLINK packets, and
v_kick_timer() deliberately calls mod_timer() when the transfer state is
VUDC_TR_STOPPED. A packet received after v_stop_timer() returns can
therefore enqueue the timer again before the vudc is freed.
timer_delete_sync() only drains the current timer instance and cannot
prevent such a rearm. Use timer_shutdown_sync(), which makes subsequent
attempts to arm the timer no-ops. The transfer state no longer needs to
be updated, as it is freed along with the timer.
On a KASAN and DEBUG_OBJECTS enabled x86_64 QEMU guest, repeatedly
binding the device, submitting a request and unbinding it produced a
"free active timer_list" warning followed by a slab-use-after-free in
v_timer(). With this change the same harness completed 4000 iterations
cleanly.
This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
while reviewing kernel code.
Fixes: d96209626a29 ("usbip: vudc: Fix use after free bug in vudc_remove due to race condition")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230316180940.1601515-1-zyytlz.wz@163.com/ (local)
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <redacted>
---
drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
index d4ce85c4c6a2..4146b746a320 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_transfer.c@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static void v_timer(struct timer_list *t) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&udc->lock, flags); } -/* All timer functions are run with udc->lock held */ +/* v_start_timer() and v_kick_timer() are called with udc->lock held. */ void v_init_timer(struct vudc *udc) {
@@ -490,8 +490,6 @@ void v_stop_timer(struct vudc *udc) { struct transfer_timer *t = &udc->tr_timer; - /* Delete the timer synchronously before teardown frees udc. */ dev_dbg(&udc->pdev->dev, "timer stop"); - timer_delete_sync(&t->timer); - t->state = VUDC_TR_STOPPED; + timer_shutdown_sync(&t->timer); }
base-commit: 238650ef6c7c7cca08e032527329424c9fbd70e5 -- 2.53.0