[PATCH] usbip: fix use-after-free in event_handler()
"syzbot" <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 15:05:40 +0000 (UTC)
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-usb,dev.linux.lists.syzbot,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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From: Aleksandr Nogikh <[email protected]> The event_handler function in drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c is a workqueue item responsible for processing events for a struct usbip_device. During device teardown, usbip_stop_eh() is called to wait for the event handler to finish processing. However, usbip_stop_eh() uses wait_event_interruptible() and ignores its return value. If the process unbinding the driver receives a signal, wait_event_interruptible() returns immediately, causing the teardown process to falsely assume the event handler has finished. The teardown process then proceeds to free the usbip_device memory. Meanwhile, the event_handler workqueue is still running and attempts to access the freed usbip_device, resulting in a KASAN slab-use-after-free crash. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:559 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:578 Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881145245b0 by task kworker/u8:5/6177 Call Trace: <TASK> lock_acquire+0x84/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:559 [inline] mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:578 event_handler+0x1e3/0x4a0 drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c:73 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> To fix this, change wait_event_interruptible() to wait_event() in usbip_stop_eh(). This ensures that the teardown process strictly waits for the event handler to finish its execution and drop all references to the usbip_device before the memory is freed, preventing the use-after-free. This change is safe from deadlocks because usbip_stop_eh() is never called with locks held that the event_handler would need to acquire. Fixes: bb7871ad99ea ("usbip: event handler as one thread") 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=f4518ac0a3dd3aafde38 Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/ai_job?id=88101c8e-4da9-45de-b879-0549d6fe5649 Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Nogikh <[email protected]> --- diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c index 0e00c2d00..81d761891 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void usbip_stop_eh(struct usbip_device *ud) if (pending) usbip_dbg_eh("usbip_eh waiting completion %lx\n", pending); - wait_event_interruptible(ud->eh_waitq, !(ud->event & ~USBIP_EH_BYE)); + wait_event(ud->eh_waitq, !(ud->event & ~USBIP_EH_BYE)); usbip_dbg_eh("usbip_eh has stopped\n"); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbip_stop_eh); base-commit: 075b74841bd0065a3bda3440873c747938e69b68 -- See https://goo.gle/syzbot-ai-patches for information about AI-generated patches. You can comment on the patch as usual, syzbot will try to address the comments and send a new version of the patch if necessary. syzbot engineers can be reached at [email protected].