[PATCH] Fix USB Type C hub crash in typec_altmode_update_active

From: Zwane Mwaikambo
Date: Sun Jul 26 2020 - 02:00:35 EST


The following crash occurs whilst plugging in a Thinkpad USB type C dock
and appears to be affecting other users as seen below;

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=256404
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1826251

My specific crash is;

[ 565.427757] input: USBPS2 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.1/1-2.1.4/1-2.1.4:1.0/0003:0D3D:0001.0006/input/input31
[ 565.452023] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000002fe
[ 565.452025] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 565.452026] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 565.452026] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 565.452028] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 565.452030] CPU: 0 PID: 502 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 5.8.0-rc3+ #1
[ 565.452031] Hardware name: LENOVO 20RD002VUS/20RD002VUS, BIOS R16ET25W (1.11 ) 04/21/2020
[ 565.452034] Workqueue: events ucsi_handle_connector_change [typec_ucsi]
[ 565.452039] RIP: 0010:typec_altmode_update_active+0x1f/0x100 [typec]
[ 565.452040] Code: 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48
89 e5 41 54 53 48 83 ec 10 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 45 e8 31 c0
<0f> b6 87 fc 02 00 00 83 e0 01 40 38 f0 0f 84 95 00 00 00 48 8b 47
[ 565.452041] RSP: 0018:ffffb729c066bdb0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 565.452042] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa067c3e64a70 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 565.452043] RDX: ffffb729c066bd20 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000002
[ 565.452044] RBP: ffffb729c066bdd0 R08: 00000083a7910a4f R09: 0000000000000000
[ 565.452044] R10: ffffffffa106a220 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 565.452045] R13: ffffa067c3e64a98 R14: ffffa067c3e64810 R15: ffffa067c3e64800
[ 565.452046] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa067d1400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 565.452047] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 565.452048] CR2: 00000000000002fe CR3: 00000001b060a003 CR4: 00000000003606f0
[ 565.452048] Call Trace:
[ 565.452052] ucsi_altmode_update_active+0x83/0xd0 [typec_ucsi]
[ 565.452054] ucsi_handle_connector_change+0x1dc/0x320 [typec_ucsi]
[ 565.452057] process_one_work+0x1df/0x3d0
[ 565.452059] worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
[ 565.452060] ? process_one_work+0x3d0/0x3d0
[ 565.452062] kthread+0x127/0x170
[ 565.452063] ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90
[ 565.452065] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

The failing instruction is;

0x0000000000000380 <+0>: callq 0x385 <typec_altmode_update_active+5>
0x0000000000000385 <+5>: push %rbp
0x0000000000000386 <+6>: mov %rsp,%rbp
0x0000000000000389 <+9>: push %r12
0x000000000000038b <+11>: push %rbx
0x000000000000038c <+12>: sub $0x10,%rsp
0x0000000000000390 <+16>: mov %gs:0x28,%rax
0x0000000000000399 <+25>: mov %rax,-0x18(%rbp)
0x000000000000039d <+29>: xor %eax,%eax
0x000000000000039f <+31>: movzbl 0x2fc(%rdi),%eax <======
0x00000000000003a6 <+38>: and $0x1,%eax

(gdb) list *typec_altmode_update_active+0x1f
0x39f is in typec_altmode_update_active (drivers/usb/typec/class.c:221).
216 */
217 void typec_altmode_update_active(struct typec_altmode *adev, bool active)
218 {
219 char dir[6];
220
221 if (adev->active == active)
222 return;
223
224 if (!is_typec_port(adev->dev.parent) && adev->dev.driver) {
225 if (!active)

(gdb) list *ucsi_altmode_update_active+0x83
0x12a3 is in ucsi_altmode_update_active (drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c:221).
216 }
217
218 if (cur < UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES)
219 altmode = typec_altmode_get_partner(con->port_altmode[cur]);
220
221 for (i = 0; con->partner_altmode[i]; i++)
222 typec_altmode_update_active(con->partner_altmode[i],
223 con->partner_altmode[i] == altmode);
224 }

con->partner_altmode[i] ends up with the value 0x2 in the call and it's
because the array has been accessed out of bounds.

diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
index d0c63afaf..30d0857e4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
@@ -218,9 +218,12 @@ void ucsi_altmode_update_active(struct ucsi_connector *con)
if (cur < UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES)
altmode = typec_altmode_get_partner(con->port_altmode[cur]);

- for (i = 0; con->partner_altmode[i]; i++)
- typec_altmode_update_active(con->partner_altmode[i],
- con->partner_altmode[i] == altmode);
+ for (i = 0; i < UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES; i++) {
+ if (con->partner_altmode[i]) {
+ typec_altmode_update_active(con->partner_altmode[i],
+ con->partner_altmode[i] == altmode);
+ }
+ }
}

static u8 ucsi_altmode_next_mode(struct typec_altmode **alt, u16 svid)