From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Juergen Stuber <starblue@users.sourceforge.net>,
Yue Sun <samsun1006219@gmail.com>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] USB: idmouse: fix use-after-free on disconnect race
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:26:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622152612.116422-3-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260622152612.116422-1-johan@kernel.org>
mutex_unlock() may access the mutex structure after releasing the lock
and therefore cannot be used to manage lifetime of objects directly
(unlike spinlocks and refcounts). [1][2]
Use a kref to release the driver data to avoid use-after-free in
mutex_unlock() when release() races with disconnect().
[1] a51749ab34d9 ("locking/mutex: Document that mutex_unlock() is
non-atomic")
[2] 2b9d9e0a9ba0 ("locking/mutex: Clarify that mutex_unlock(), and most
other sleeping locks, can still use the lock object
after it's unlocked")
Fixes: 54d2bc068fd2 ("USB: fix locking in idmouse")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.24
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c b/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c
index 0f6b3464c2d6..3e37adf2bb57 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/idmouse.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, idmouse_table);
/* structure to hold all of our device specific stuff */
struct usb_idmouse {
+ struct kref kref;
struct usb_device *udev; /* save off the usb device pointer */
struct usb_interface *interface; /* the interface for this device */
@@ -209,8 +210,10 @@ static int idmouse_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
return 0;
}
-static inline void idmouse_delete(struct usb_idmouse *dev)
+static inline void idmouse_delete(struct kref *kref)
{
+ struct usb_idmouse *dev = container_of(kref, struct usb_idmouse, kref);
+
kfree(dev->bulk_in_buffer);
kfree(dev);
}
@@ -254,6 +257,8 @@ static int idmouse_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
/* increment our usage count for the driver */
++dev->open;
+ kref_get(&dev->kref);
+
/* save our object in the file's private structure */
file->private_data = dev;
@@ -277,16 +282,11 @@ static int idmouse_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
/* lock our device */
mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
-
--dev->open;
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
+
+ kref_put(&dev->kref, idmouse_delete);
- if (!dev->present) {
- /* the device was unplugged before the file was released */
- mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
- idmouse_delete(dev);
- } else {
- mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
- }
return 0;
}
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ static int idmouse_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
if (dev == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
+ kref_init(&dev->kref);
mutex_init(&dev->lock);
dev->udev = udev;
dev->interface = interface;
@@ -342,8 +343,7 @@ static int idmouse_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
result = usb_find_bulk_in_endpoint(iface_desc, &endpoint);
if (result) {
dev_err(&interface->dev, "Unable to find bulk-in endpoint.\n");
- idmouse_delete(dev);
- return result;
+ goto err_put_kref;
}
dev->orig_bi_size = usb_endpoint_maxp(endpoint);
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ static int idmouse_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
dev->bulk_in_endpointAddr = endpoint->bEndpointAddress;
dev->bulk_in_buffer = kmalloc(IMGSIZE + dev->bulk_in_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dev->bulk_in_buffer) {
- idmouse_delete(dev);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ result = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_put_kref;
}
/* allow device read, write and ioctl */
@@ -364,14 +364,18 @@ static int idmouse_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
if (result) {
/* something prevented us from registering this device */
dev_err(&interface->dev, "Unable to allocate minor number.\n");
- idmouse_delete(dev);
- return result;
+ goto err_put_kref;
}
/* be noisy */
dev_info(&interface->dev,"%s now attached\n",DRIVER_DESC);
return 0;
+
+err_put_kref:
+ kref_put(&dev->kref, idmouse_delete);
+
+ return result;
}
static void idmouse_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
@@ -387,14 +391,9 @@ static void idmouse_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
/* prevent device read, write and ioctl */
dev->present = 0;
- /* if the device is opened, idmouse_release will clean this up */
- if (!dev->open) {
- mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
- idmouse_delete(dev);
- } else {
- /* unlock */
- mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
- }
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
+
+ kref_put(&dev->kref, idmouse_delete);
dev_info(&interface->dev, "disconnected\n");
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-22 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-22 15:26 [PATCH 0/4] USB: fix use-after-free on disconnect race Johan Hovold
2026-06-22 15:26 ` [PATCH 1/4] USB: iowarrior: " Johan Hovold
2026-06-22 15:26 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2026-06-22 15:26 ` [PATCH 3/4] USB: ldusb: " Johan Hovold
2026-06-22 15:26 ` [PATCH 4/4] USB: legousbtower: " Johan Hovold
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