[PATCH] net/9p/usbg: clear stale request context after abort

Qi Zhang <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 23:21:48 +0800
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.v9fs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Chengfeng Ye <[email protected]>

usb9pfs_clear_tx() serializes access to the active TX request with
usb9pfs->lock, but leaves in_req->context pointing at the request after
p9_client_cb() drops the transport reference.  A later teardown path can
therefore retrieve the same request after it has been freed:

  CPU 0 (p9_usbg_close)        CPU 1 (usb9pfs_disable)
  lock(usb9pfs->lock)
  req = in_req->context
  p9_client_cb(client, req)
    p9_req_put(client, req)
  unlock(usb9pfs->lock)
  request reaches zero refs
    kmem_cache_free(req)
                                lock(usb9pfs->lock)
                                req = in_req->context
                                read req->t_err

The lock orders the two callbacks, but cannot protect a pointer that
remains published after its reference has been released.  KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in usb9pfs_clear_tx+0x166/0x1b0
  Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810e7420f4 by task poc/94
  Call Trace:
   usb9pfs_clear_tx+0x166/0x1b0
   usb9pfs_disable+0x1d/0x30
   reset_config+0x9d/0x200
   __composite_disconnect+0xa7/0x140
  Allocated by task 93:
   kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x141/0x370
   p9_tag_alloc+0x8f/0x5b0
   p9_client_prepare_req+0xff/0x350
   p9_client_rpc+0x1a5/0xac0
  Freed by task 0:
   slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xa6/0x1e0
   rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850
  Last potentially related work creation:
   kmem_cache_free+0x1db/0x3d0
   p9_req_put+0x164/0x1f0
   usb9pfs_clear_tx+0x120/0x1b0
   p9_usbg_close+0x7e/0x150

Clear in_req->context after the callback while still holding the lock.
This matches the consume-and-clear pattern in usb9pfs_tx_complete(), so
subsequent teardown calls return without touching the released request.
The existing callback and error ordering remain unchanged.

Fixes: a3be076dc174 ("net/9p/usbg: Add new usb gadget function transport")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <[email protected]>
---
 net/9p/trans_usbg.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_usbg.c b/net/9p/trans_usbg.c
index 419cda13a7b5..9a83dff6f3dd 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_usbg.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_usbg.c
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ static void usb9pfs_clear_tx(struct f_usb9pfs *usb9pfs)
 		req->t_err = -ECONNRESET;
 
 	p9_client_cb(usb9pfs->client, req, REQ_STATUS_ERROR);
+	usb9pfs->in_req->context = NULL;
 }
 
 static void p9_usbg_close(struct p9_client *client)
-- 
2.43.0