[PATCH] usb: dwc3: Fix crash on fastboot exit due to incorrect memory free
Marek Vasut
marek.vasut at mailbox.org
Wed May 6 13:25:05 CEST 2026
On 5/6/26 8:14 AM, Balaji Selvanathan wrote:
> The dwc3_free_one_event_buffer() function incorrectly called free()
> on event buffer structures allocated with devm_kzalloc(). This
> caused heap corruption and a synchronous abort when exiting
> fastboot mode via "fastboot continue".
>
> Device-managed memory is automatically freed when the device is
> removed, so manual deallocation causes the heap allocator to access
> corrupted metadata.
>
> Signed-off-by: Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> index 0dee14c8b59..be198041f08 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> @@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ static void dwc3_free_one_event_buffer(struct dwc3 *dwc,
> struct dwc3_event_buffer *evt)
> {
> dma_free_coherent(evt->buf);
> - free(evt);
> }
>
> /**
Does this need:
Fixes: 884b10e86a05 ("usb: dwc3: core: fix memory leaks in event buffer
cleanup")
?
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