Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2023 15:21:20 -0500
From:   Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
To:     Prashanth K <quic_prashk@quicinc.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>,
        Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com>,
        Pratham Pratap <quic_ppratap@quicinc.com>,
        Jack Pham <quic_jackp@quicinc.com>, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: u_serial: Add null pointer check in
 gserial_resume
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 09:15:54PM +0530, Prashanth K wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08-02-23 08:24 pm, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 07:24:47PM +0530, Prashanth K wrote:
> > > Consider a case where gserial_disconnect has already cleared
> > > gser->ioport. And if a wakeup interrupt triggers afterwards,
> > > gserial_resume gets called, which will lead to accessing of
> > > gserial->port and thus causing null pointer dereference.Add
> > > a null pointer check to prevent this.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: aba3a8d01d62 (" usb: gadget: u_serial: add suspend resume callbacks")
> > 
> > Nit, and our tools will complain, no " " before the "usb:" string here,
> > right?
> > 
> Will fix it in next patch.
> > 
> > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Prashanth K <quic_prashk@quicinc.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 3 +++
> > >   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> > > index 840626e..98be2b8 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> > > @@ -1428,6 +1428,9 @@ void gserial_resume(struct gserial *gser)
> > >   	struct gs_port *port = gser->ioport;
> > >   	unsigned long	flags;
> > > +	if (!port)
> > > +		return;
> > > +
> > 
> > What prevents port from going to NULL right after this check?
> In our case we got a null pointer de-reference while performing USB
> compliance tests, as the gser->port was null. Because in gserial_resume,
> spinlock_irq_save(&port->port_lock) accesses a null-pointer as port was
> already marked null by gserial_disconnect.
> 
> And after gserial_resume acquires the spinlock, gserial_disconnect cant mark
> it null until the spinlock is released. We need to check if the port->lock
> is valid before accessing it, otherwise it can lead to the above mentioned
> scenario

What happens if gserial_disconnect sets gser->port to NULL immediately 
after your new check occurs, but before 
spinlock_irq_save(&port->port_lock) gets called?

You may need to add a static spinlock to prevent this from happening.

Alan Stern