CVE-2026-89732

usb: gadget: f_fs: Prevent deadlock during ep0 read loop

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: f_fs: Prevent deadlock during ep0 read loop

Currently, ffs_ep0_read() holds ffs->mutex when it prepares to go to sleep waiting for an event. When no setup events are pending, it calls wait_event_interruptible_exclusive_locked_irq() with the mutex still held. The wait macro deliberately drops the waitqueue spinlock before sleeping but does not drop the mutex.

If a userspace daemon is polling ep0 via read() and the gadget is asynchronously torn down via configfs (e.g., echo "" > UDC), a deadlock can occur:

1. The configfs teardown calls functionfs_unbind(), which queues a FUNCTIONFS_UNBIND event. 2. The daemon wakes up, consumes the event, and drops the mutex. 3. However, if the daemon loops and immediately issues another read() before exiting, it reacquires ffs->mutex and again goes into an interruptible sleep. 4. Meanwhile, functionfs_unbind() continues execution and attempts to acquire ffs->mutex to tear down ep0req. 5. The kernel deadlocks because the configfs thread is stuck in an uninterruptible sleep waiting for the mutex, while the userspace daemon is in an interruptible sleep holding the mutex forever because no more events will arrive.

To fix this, we drop both the waitqueue spinlock and ffs->mutex before going to sleep, and use wait_event_interruptible_exclusive() instead. Upon waking up, we jump back to the `retry` label to safely reacquire the mutex and re-evaluate the state machine. By not sleeping with ffs->mutex held, we natively decouple gadget teardowns (which require the mutex) from userspace polling.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before fbe3db4b650c284df8eb4cb68eebcf270cf861b5Affected
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before 30430509c156e1df2bdafd5f1cadb160e53db5d6Affected
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before bafddd0f20b5228760be303aa69c58502e92309cAffected
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before b0a6bfac0c3c3edf5b2ecaee87a09234601fe78dAffected
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before fd20cc68bbdb5620696ac108e8f2efd180fe2c1aAffected
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before 34e88f53614640b59039a46717fb6142e9871022Affected
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before eac233e63f9db82ba874e3cccafaafab162999e0Affected
  • ddf8abd2599491cbad959c700b90ba72a5dce8d0 to before 569dd7e5dcffe1e1c6b26ca2cd3be57eb433e082Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 2.6.35Affected
  • before 2.6.35Not affected
  • 5.10.270 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.221 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.188 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.157 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.109 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.50 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.4 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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