[PATCH] USB: Fix invalid-free bug in port_over_current_notify()

From: Alan Stern
Date: Wed Nov 28 2018 - 11:26:01 EST


Syzbot and KASAN found the following invalid-free bug in
port_over_current_notify():

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BUG: KASAN: double-free or invalid-free in port_over_current_notify
drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5192 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: double-free or invalid-free in port_event
drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5241 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: double-free or invalid-free in hub_event+0xd97/0x4140
drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5384

CPU: 1 PID: 32710 Comm: kworker/1:3 Not tainted 4.20.0-rc3+ #129
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS
Google 01/01/2011
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
dump_stack+0x244/0x39d lib/dump_stack.c:113
print_address_description.cold.7+0x9/0x1ff mm/kasan/report.c:256
kasan_report_invalid_free+0x64/0xa0 mm/kasan/report.c:336
__kasan_slab_free+0x13a/0x150 mm/kasan/kasan.c:501
kasan_slab_free+0xe/0x10 mm/kasan/kasan.c:528
__cache_free mm/slab.c:3498 [inline]
kfree+0xcf/0x230 mm/slab.c:3817
port_over_current_notify drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5192 [inline]
port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5241 [inline]
hub_event+0xd97/0x4140 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5384
process_one_work+0xc90/0x1c40 kernel/workqueue.c:2153
worker_thread+0x17f/0x1390 kernel/workqueue.c:2296
kthread+0x35a/0x440 kernel/kthread.c:246
ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:352
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The problem is caused by use of a static array to store
environment-string pointers. When the routine is called by multiple
threads concurrently, the pointers from one thread can overwrite those
from another.

The solution is to use an ordinary automatic array instead of a static
array.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot+98881958e1410ec7e53c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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[as1881]


drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
===================================================================
--- usb-4.x.orig/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -5163,7 +5163,7 @@ static void hub_port_connect_change(stru
/* Handle notifying userspace about hub over-current events */
static void port_over_current_notify(struct usb_port *port_dev)
{
- static char *envp[] = { NULL, NULL, NULL };
+ char *envp[3];
struct device *hub_dev;
char *port_dev_path;

@@ -5187,6 +5187,7 @@ static void port_over_current_notify(str
if (!envp[1])
goto exit;

+ envp[2] = NULL;
kobject_uevent_env(&hub_dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);

kfree(envp[1]);