Re: [PATCH] ALSA: bcd2000: clear the URB pointers on disconnect

Takashi Iwai <[email protected]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:34:18 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-sound,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:34:28 +0200,
Baul Lee wrote:
> 
> bcd2000_free_usb_related_resources() frees both URBs and leaves the
> pointers behind:
> 
> 	usb_kill_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb);
> 	usb_kill_urb(bcd2k->midi_in_urb);
> 
> 	usb_free_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb);
> 	usb_free_urb(bcd2k->midi_in_urb);
> 
> The rawmidi device outlives that call.  A substream that is still open
> when the device is unplugged reaches bcd2000_midi_send() from the
> trigger path on close.  That function writes to the freed URB and then
> hands it to the USB core:
> 
> 	bcd2k->midi_out_urb->transfer_buffer_length = BUFSIZE;
> 	...
> 	ret = usb_submit_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> 
> usb_kill_urb() does not stop a later submission either, so a submit that
> races the disconnect can requeue the URB after it has been reaped.
> midi_in_urb is exposed the same way: bcd2000_input_complete() resubmits
> it from the completion handler.
> 
> KASAN on 7.2.0-rc5 (arm64):
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bcd2000_midi_send [snd_bcd2000]
>   Write of size 4 at addr ffff00001827d388 by task bpoc/168
>    __asan_store4
>    bcd2000_midi_send [snd_bcd2000]
>    bcd2000_midi_output_trigger [snd_bcd2000]
>    snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1
>    close_substream.part.0
>   Freed by task 168:
>    usb_free_urb
>    bcd2000_disconnect [snd_bcd2000]
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in usb_submit_urb
>   Read of size 8 at addr ffff00001827d3b8 by task bpoc/168
> 
> Clear both pointers after freeing and test them on the paths that can
> still run.  Poison the URBs before freeing them: usb_poison_urb() waits
> for a running completion handler and rejects any later submission, so
> after it returns the input path is quiesced and only the rawmidi trigger
> path can still reach bcd2000_midi_send().  No unpoison is needed; the
> URBs are freed on the next line.
> 
> Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <[email protected]>
> 
> Fixes: b47a22290d58 ("ALSA: MIDI driver for Behringer BCD2000 USB device")
> Reported-by: Federico Kirschbaum <[email protected]>
> Reported-by: Baul Lee <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Baul Lee <[email protected]>

Applied to for-next branch.  Thanks.


Takashi