Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: midi2: Fix null-pointer dereference in f_midi2_free_ep_reqs

On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:04:54 +0200,
syzbot wrote:
> 
> From: Aleksandr Nogikh <[email protected]>
> 
> A null-pointer dereference occurs in f_midi2_free_ep_reqs() when attempting
> to clean up an endpoint that was never initialized.
> 
> When configuring the MIDI 2.0 gadget via configfs and setting the block
> direction to SNDRV_UMP_DIR_INPUT, the initialization of the midi1_ep_out
> endpoint is explicitly skipped during the gadget bind phase
> (f_midi2_bind()). As a result, the usb_ep->card field remains NULL.
> 
> Later, when the host sets the alternate setting, f_midi2_set_alt()
> unconditionally stops both the IN and OUT endpoints by calling
> f_midi2_stop_eps(), which in turn calls f_midi2_free_ep_reqs() for both
> endpoints. When f_midi2_free_ep_reqs() is called for the uninitialized
> midi1_ep_out, it attempts to dereference usb_ep->card to determine the
> number of requests to free, leading to a crash.
> 
> Fix this by using usb_ep->num_reqs instead of usb_ep->card->info.num_reqs
> in f_midi2_free_ep_reqs(). usb_ep->num_reqs is correctly set during
> f_midi2_init_ep() and remains 0 if the endpoint was never initialized,
> safely avoiding the loop. For consistency, apply the same change to
> f_midi2_alloc_ep_reqs().
> 
> Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
> 0xdffffc00000000ee: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
> KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000770-0x0000000000000777]
> ...
> RIP: 0010:f_midi2_free_ep_reqs drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi2.c:1166
> [inline]
> RIP: 0010:f_midi2_stop_eps+0x28e/0x4d0
> drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi2.c:1246
> ...
> Call Trace:
>  <TASK>
>  f_midi2_set_alt+0x11c/0xf00 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi2.c:1296
>  composite_setup+0x1ffd/0x3480 drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c:1933
>  configfs_composite_setup+0xbd/0x100 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:1877
> 
> Fixes: 8b645922b223 ("usb: gadget: Add support for USB MIDI 2.0 function driver")
> Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.5-flash Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview syzbot
> Reported-by: [email protected]
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bbb6dad313f4aaa8da6b
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/ai_job?id=8ce30b1a-8cf7-4e38-bcf7-1f69e6f6313f
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Nogikh <[email protected]>

Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=01a17afb30637396955e

Thanks,
Jeffin.