The USB core contains a bug that can show up when a USB-3 host
controller is removed. If the primary (USB-2) hcd structure is
released before the shared (USB-3) hcd, the core will try to do a
double-free of the common bandwidth_mutex.
The problem was described in graphical form by Chung-Geol Kim, who
first reported it:
=================================================
At *remove USB(3.0) Storage
sequence <1> --> <5> ((Problem Case))
=================================================
VOLD
------------------------------------|------------
(uevent)
________|_________
|<1> |
|dwc3_otg_sm_work |
|usb_put_hcd |
|peer_hcd(kref=2)|
|__________________|
________|_________
|<2> |
|New USB BUS #2 |
| |
|peer_hcd(kref=1) |
| |
--(Link)-bandXX_mutex|
| |__________________|
|
___________________ |
|<3> | |
|dwc3_otg_sm_work | |
|usb_put_hcd | |
|primary_hcd(kref=1)| |
|___________________| |
_________|_________ |
|<4> | |
|New USB BUS #1 | |
|hcd_release | |
|primary_hcd(kref=0)| |
| | |
|bandXX_mutex(free) |<-
|___________________|
(( VOLD ))
______|___________
|<5> |
| SCSI |
|usb_put_hcd |
|peer_hcd(kref=0) |
|*hcd_release |
|bandXX_mutex(free*)|<- double free
|__________________|
=================================================
This happens because hcd_release() frees the bandwidth_mutex whenever
it sees a primary hcd being released (which is not a very good idea
in any case), but in the course of releasing the primary hcd, it
changes the pointers in the shared hcd in such a way that the shared
hcd will appear to be primary when it gets released.
This patch fixes the problem by changing hcd_release() so that it
deallocates the bandwidth_mutex only when the _last_ hcd structure
referencing it is released. The patch also removes an unnecessary
test, so that when an hcd is released, both the shared_hcd and
primary_hcd pointers in the hcd's peer will be cleared.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <st...@rowland.harvard.edu>
Reported-by: Chung-Geol Kim <chunggeol....@samsung.com>
Tested-by: Chung-Geol Kim <chunggeol....@samsung.com>
CC: <sta...@vger.kernel.org>
---
[as1805]
drivers/usb/core/hcd.c | 14 ++++++--------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Index: usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
===================================================================
--- usb-4.x.orig/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -2588,24 +2588,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_create_hcd);
* Don't deallocate the bandwidth_mutex until the last shared usb_hcd is
* deallocated.
*
- * Make sure to only deallocate the bandwidth_mutex when the primary HCD is
- * freed. When hcd_release() is called for either hcd in a peer set
- * invalidate the peer's ->shared_hcd and ->primary_hcd pointers to
- * block new peering attempts
+ * Make sure to deallocate the bandwidth_mutex only when the last HCD is
+ * freed. When hcd_release() is called for either hcd in a peer set,
+ * invalidate the peer's ->shared_hcd and ->primary_hcd pointers.
*/
static void hcd_release(struct kref *kref)
{
struct usb_hcd *hcd = container_of (kref, struct usb_hcd, kref);
mutex_lock(&usb_port_peer_mutex);
- if (usb_hcd_is_primary_hcd(hcd))
- kfree(hcd->bandwidth_mutex);
if (hcd->shared_hcd) {
struct usb_hcd *peer = hcd->shared_hcd;
peer->shared_hcd = NULL;
- if (peer->primary_hcd == hcd)
- peer->primary_hcd = NULL;
+ peer->primary_hcd = NULL;
+ } else {
+ kfree(hcd->bandwidth_mutex);
}
mutex_unlock(&usb_port_peer_mutex);
kfree(hcd);
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