[PATCH v3 36/50] functionfs: switch to simple_remove_by_name()

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Tue Nov 11 18:53:16 AEDT 2025


> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
> index 47cfbe41f..43dcd39b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -2323,6 +2316,7 @@ static int ffs_epfiles_create(struct ffs_data *ffs)
>  {
>  	struct ffs_epfile *epfile, *epfiles;
>  	unsigned i, count;
> +	int err;
>
>  	count = ffs->eps_count;
>  	epfiles = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*epfiles), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -2339,12 +2333,11 @@ static int ffs_epfiles_create(struct ffs_data *ffs)
>  			sprintf(epfile->name, "ep%02x", ffs->eps_addrmap[i]);
>  		else
>  			sprintf(epfile->name, "ep%u", i);
> -		epfile->dentry = ffs_sb_create_file(ffs->sb, epfile->name,
> -						 epfile,
> -						 &ffs_epfile_operations);
> -		if (!epfile->dentry) {
> +		err = ffs_sb_create_file(ffs->sb, epfile->name,
> +					 epfile, &ffs_epfile_operations);
> +		if (err) {
>  			ffs_epfiles_destroy(epfiles, i - 1);
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> +			return err;
>  		}
>  	}
>
> @@ -2355,13 +2348,11 @@ static int ffs_epfiles_create(struct ffs_data *ffs)
>  static void ffs_epfiles_destroy(struct ffs_epfile *epfiles, unsigned count)
>  {
>  	struct ffs_epfile *epfile = epfiles;
> +	struct dentry *root = epfile->ffs->sb->s_root;

Can this dereference uninitialized memory in ffs_epfiles_destroy()?

When ffs_epfiles_create() calls ffs_epfiles_destroy(epfiles, i - 1) after
the first ffs_sb_create_file() call fails (when i=1), it passes count=0.
The initialization loop starts at i=1, so epfiles[0].ffs is never
initialized. The kcalloc() zeros the memory, making epfiles[0].ffs NULL.

The new code unconditionally dereferences epfile->ffs->sb->s_root before
the loop, causing a NULL pointer dereference when count=0. The old code
was safe because the dereference only happened inside the loop.

>
>  	for (; count; --count, ++epfile) {
>  		BUG_ON(mutex_is_locked(&epfile->mutex));
> -		if (epfile->dentry) {
> -			simple_recursive_removal(epfile->dentry, NULL);
> -			epfile->dentry = NULL;
> -		}
> +		simple_remove_by_name(root, epfile->name, NULL);
>  	}
>
>  	kfree(epfiles);


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