linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix Kernel Panic due to access of invalid gadget ptr

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Message-ID: <2024030736-racism-cornflake-63e9@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 16:45:13 +0000
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Hardik Gajjar <hgajjar@...adit-jv.com>
Cc: quic_kriskura@...cinc.com, maze@...gle.com, quic_linyyuan@...cinc.com,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	guofeng.li@...com, hardik.gajjar@...ch.com, eugeniu.rosca@...ch.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix Kernel Panic due to access of
 invalid gadget ptr

On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 05:18:49PM +0100, Hardik Gajjar wrote:
> In the scenario where the system enters suspend to RAM mode (STR) triggers
> the disconnection of Dual Role USB Hub, and the UDC platform driver calls
> usb_del_gadget_udc() to cleanup and delete the associated gadget.
> 
> However, at this point, the usb0 interface is not yet deleted, leading to
> a race condition with the TCP/IP stack attempting to access the network
> device parent (gadget pointer), through operations like the GETLINK net
> message.
> 
> This patch addresses the issue by clearing the netdevice's parent device
> pointer when the ncm unbinds, effectively preventing the race condition
> during this critical phase.
> 
> Followinfg is the backtrace of such race condition
> [ 3566.105792] Call trace:
> [ 3566.105984] if_nlmsg_size+0x48/0x3b0
> [ 3566.107497] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1cc/0x408
> [ 3566.107905] netlink_rcv_skb+0x12c/0x164
> [ 3566.108264] rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x24
> [ 3566.108851] netlink_unicast_kernel+0xc4/0x14c
> [ 3566.109192] netlink_unicast+0x210/0x2b0
> [ 3566.109606] netlink_sendmsg+0x2ec/0x360
> [ 3566.110046] __sys_sendto+0x1b8/0x25c
> [ 3566.111594] __arm64_sys_sendto+0x28/0x38
> [ 3566.112599] el0_svc_common+0xb4/0x19c
> [ 3566.112978] el0_svc_handler+0x74/0x98
> [ 3566.113269] el0_svc+0x8/0xc
> 
> - code: if_nlmsg_size call the following function
> 
> static inline int rtnl_vfinfo_size(const struct net_device *dev,
> 				   u32 ext_filter_mask)
> {
> 	// dev->dev.parent is not NULL
> 	if (dev->dev.parent && (ext_filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_VF)) {
> 		// dev_num_vf use the dev->dev.parent->bus lead to kernel panic.
> 		int num_vfs = dev_num_vf(dev->dev.parent);
> 		size_t size = nla_total_size(0);
> 		size += num_vfs *
> 			(nla_total_size(0) +
> 			 nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_mac)) +
> 			 nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_vlan)) +
> 			 nla_total_size(0) + /* nest IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST *
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hardik Gajjar <hgajjar@...adit-jv.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

What commit id does this fix?

thanks,

greg k-h