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media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe()
authorJeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:17:53 +0000 (00:17 +0900)
committerHans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:50:18 +0000 (10:50 +0100)
In as102_usb driver, the following race condition occurs:
```
CPU0 CPU1
as102_usb_probe()
  kzalloc(); // alloc as102_dev_t
  ....
  usb_register_dev();
fd = sys_open("/path/to/dev"); // open as102 fd
....
  usb_deregister_dev();
  ....
  kfree(); // free as102_dev_t
  ....
sys_close(fd);
  as102_release() // UAF!!
    as102_usb_release()
      kfree(); // DFB!!
```

When a USB character device registered with usb_register_dev() is later
unregistered (via usb_deregister_dev() or disconnect), the device node is
removed so new open() calls fail. However, file descriptors that are
already open do not go away immediately: they remain valid until the last
reference is dropped and the driver's .release() is invoked.

In as102, as102_usb_probe() calls usb_register_dev() and then, on an
error path, does usb_deregister_dev() and frees as102_dev_t right away.
If userspace raced a successful open() before the deregistration, that
open FD will later hit as102_release() --> as102_usb_release() and access
or free as102_dev_t again, occur a race to use-after-free and
double-free vuln.

The fix is to never kfree(as102_dev_t) directly once usb_register_dev()
has succeeded. After deregistration, defer freeing memory to .release().

In other words, let release() perform the last kfree when the final open
FD is closed.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reported-by: syzbot+47321e8fd5a4c84088db@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=47321e8fd5a4c84088db
Fixes: cd19f7d3e39b ("[media] as102: fix leaks at failure paths in as102_usb_probe()")
Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_usb_drv.c

index 8e480ab78f9b2bb94f8a5b13c8626a401f052c19..a11024451cebdcb1bc185f1b188fe70bfb915bfc 100644 (file)
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ static int as102_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 failed_dvb:
        as102_free_usb_stream_buffer(as102_dev);
 failed_stream:
+       usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
        usb_deregister_dev(intf, &as102_usb_class_driver);
+       return ret;
 failed:
        usb_put_dev(as102_dev->bus_adap.usb_dev);
        usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);