[PATCH] nfc: pn533: bound the OUT URB wait in pn533_usb_send_frame()
From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang
Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 14:21:54 EST
pn533_usb_send_frame() submits phy->out_urb and then calls
wait_for_completion() with no timeout. During probe this is reached
via pn533_finalize_setup() -> pn533_get_firmware_version(), with the
USB device lock held by hub_event(). If the device never completes the
bulk OUT transfer, the wait never returns: the hub kworker hangs inside
probe() and every other task needing that device lock (e.g.
usbdev_open()) hangs behind it.
Bound the wait with wait_for_completion_timeout(), using the same 5000ms
that usb_bulk_msg() gets in pn533_acr122_poweron_rdr(). On timeout, kill
the URB (usb_kill_urb() waits for the handler, so the on-stack
completion can't be touched after return) and fail with -ETIMEDOUT,
which __pn533_send_async() already unwinds.
Fixes: 9dab880d675b ("nfc: pn533: Wait for out_urb's completion in pn533_usb_send_frame()")
Reported-by: syzbot+1c5368988052dc2d8201@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1c5368988052dc2d8201
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c
index efb07f944fce..569b1915afc9 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c
@@ -184,7 +184,12 @@ static int pn533_usb_send_frame(struct pn533 *dev,
if (rc)
return rc;
- wait_for_completion(&arg.done);
+ /* device may never ack the OUT transfer: don't hang probe() */
+ if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&arg.done, msecs_to_jiffies(5000))) {
+ usb_kill_urb(phy->out_urb); /* waits for the handler, so &arg can't outlive us */
+ phy->out_urb->context = cntx;
+ return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ }
phy->out_urb->context = cntx;
if (dev->protocol_type == PN533_PROTO_REQ_RESP) {
--
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