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, Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] USB: ldusb: fix use-after-free on disconnect race
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:26:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622152612.116422-4-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: ce0d7d3f575f ("usb: ldusb: ld_usb semaphore to mutex")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.26
Cc: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c b/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c
index c74f142f6637..71132a15e771 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/ldusb.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(min_interrupt_out_interval, "Minimum interrupt out interval in
/* Structure to hold all of our device specific stuff */
struct ld_usb {
+ struct kref kref;
struct mutex mutex; /* locks this structure */
struct usb_interface *intf; /* save off the usb interface pointer */
unsigned long disconnected:1;
@@ -201,8 +202,10 @@ static void ld_usb_abort_transfers(struct ld_usb *dev)
/*
* ld_usb_delete
*/
-static void ld_usb_delete(struct ld_usb *dev)
+static void ld_usb_delete(struct kref *kref)
{
+ struct ld_usb *dev = container_of(kref, struct ld_usb, kref);
+
/* free data structures */
usb_free_urb(dev->interrupt_in_urb);
usb_free_urb(dev->interrupt_out_urb);
@@ -355,6 +358,8 @@ static int ld_usb_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
goto unlock_exit;
}
+ kref_get(&dev->kref);
+
/* save device in the file's private structure */
file->private_data = dev;
@@ -381,17 +386,8 @@ static int ld_usb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
- if (dev->open_count != 1) {
- retval = -ENODEV;
+ if (dev->disconnected)
goto unlock_exit;
- }
- if (dev->disconnected) {
- /* the device was unplugged before the file was released */
- mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
- /* unlock here as ld_usb_delete frees dev */
- ld_usb_delete(dev);
- goto exit;
- }
/* wait until write transfer is finished */
if (dev->interrupt_out_busy)
@@ -401,7 +397,7 @@ static int ld_usb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
unlock_exit:
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
-
+ kref_put(&dev->kref, ld_usb_delete);
exit:
return retval;
}
@@ -659,6 +655,8 @@ static int ld_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *
dev = kzalloc_obj(*dev);
if (!dev)
goto exit;
+
+ kref_init(&dev->kref);
mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
spin_lock_init(&dev->rbsl);
dev->intf = intf;
@@ -740,7 +738,7 @@ static int ld_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *
return retval;
error:
- ld_usb_delete(dev);
+ kref_put(&dev->kref, ld_usb_delete);
return retval;
}
@@ -768,18 +766,18 @@ static void ld_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
- /* if the device is not opened, then we clean up right now */
- if (!dev->open_count) {
- mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
- ld_usb_delete(dev);
- } else {
- dev->disconnected = 1;
+ dev->disconnected = 1;
+
+ if (dev->open_count) {
/* wake up pollers */
wake_up_interruptible_all(&dev->read_wait);
wake_up_interruptible_all(&dev->write_wait);
- mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
+
+ kref_put(&dev->kref, ld_usb_delete);
+
dev_info(&intf->dev, "LD USB Device #%d now disconnected\n",
(minor - USB_LD_MINOR_BASE));
}
--
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
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2026-06-22 15:26 ` [PATCH 2/4] USB: idmouse: " Johan Hovold
2026-06-22 15:26 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
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