[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_phonet: fix use-after-free in pn_bind

Nguyen Quang Le Kien <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:33:41 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-usb,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
phonet_free_inst() checks opts->bound to decide whether to call
gphonet_cleanup() or free_netdev(). If opts->bound is false,
free_netdev(opts->net) is called immediately.

However, pn_bind() can race with phonet_free_inst() when a configfs
entry is removed while binding is in progress. pn_bind() reads
opts->bound and calls gphonet_set_gadget(opts->net, ...) before
setting opts->bound = true. If phonet_free_inst() runs concurrently
after the !opts->bound check in pn_bind() but before opts->bound is
set, it will free opts->net, causing a use-after-free when pn_bind()
subsequently writes to net->dev.parent via gphonet_set_gadget().

Fix this by adding a mutex to f_phonet_opts and holding it in both
pn_bind() and phonet_free_inst() when accessing opts->bound and
opts->net. This is consistent with how other gadget functions such
as f_eem protect their opts->bound flag.

Fixes: 00a2430ff07d ("usb: gadget: Gadget directory cleanup - group usb functions")
Reported-by: [email protected]
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=098999e05b6b877c01b3
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Quang Le Kien <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_phonet.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c
index b1ee9a7c2..b7eae14e8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c
@@ -499,20 +499,17 @@ static int pn_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 
 	phonet_opts = container_of(f->fi, struct f_phonet_opts, func_inst);
 
-	/*
-	 * in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:configfs_composite_bind()
-	 * configurations are bound in sequence with list_for_each_entry,
-	 * in each configuration its functions are bound in sequence
-	 * with list_for_each_entry, so we assume no race condition
-	 * with regard to phonet_opts->bound access
-	 */
+	mutex_lock(&phonet_opts->lock);
 	if (!phonet_opts->bound) {
 		gphonet_set_gadget(phonet_opts->net, gadget);
 		status = gphonet_register_netdev(phonet_opts->net);
-		if (status)
+		if (status) {
+			mutex_unlock(&phonet_opts->lock);
 			return status;
+		}
 		phonet_opts->bound = true;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&phonet_opts->lock);
 
 	/* Reserve interface IDs */
 	status = usb_interface_id(c, f);
@@ -621,10 +618,12 @@ static void phonet_free_inst(struct usb_function_instance *f)
 	struct f_phonet_opts *opts;
 
 	opts = container_of(f, struct f_phonet_opts, func_inst);
+	mutex_lock(&opts->lock);
 	if (opts->bound)
 		gphonet_cleanup(opts->net);
 	else
 		free_netdev(opts->net);
+	mutex_unlock(&opts->lock);
 	kfree(opts);
 }
 
@@ -636,6 +635,7 @@ static struct usb_function_instance *phonet_alloc_inst(void)
 	if (!opts)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	mutex_init(&opts->lock);
 	opts->func_inst.free_func_inst = phonet_free_inst;
 	opts->net = gphonet_setup_default();
 	if (IS_ERR(opts->net)) {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_phonet.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_phonet.h
index ff62ca22c..4666413fc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_phonet.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_phonet.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 struct f_phonet_opts {
 	struct usb_function_instance func_inst;
+	struct mutex lock;
 	bool bound;
 	struct net_device *net;
 };
-- 
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