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From: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: i@zenithal.me, jeffinphilip14@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	shuah@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	syzbot+af76b01c9a0f0ab60fb0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	valentina.manea.m@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbip: usbip_host: Fix null pointer dereference in rebind_store
Date: Thu,  6 Aug 2026 11:06:51 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806053651.25088-1-jeffinphilip14@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026080602-estrogen-dry-f499@gregkh>

On Thu, Aug 06 2026, Greg KH wrote:
>What prevents bid->udev from becoming NULL right after you checked this?
We could use usb_get_dev() and hold a reference to udev when the busid_lock
is being held and then release it after do_rebind, or would that be incorrect?

>How was this tested?
The method to reproduce it is in the same thread.

Thanks,
Jeffin.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-06  5:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-06  5:17 [PATCH] usbip: usbip_host: Fix null pointer dereference in rebind_store Jeffin Philip
2026-08-06  5:27 ` Jeffin Philip
2026-08-06  5:27 ` Greg KH
2026-08-06  5:36   ` Jeffin Philip [this message]
2026-08-06  5:42     ` Greg KH
2026-08-06 17:25       ` Jeffin Philip

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