From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] USB: serial: fix driver deregistration order
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:45:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260821154546.118809-4-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821154546.118809-1-johan@kernel.org>
USB serial driver modules register one driver for the USB bus and one or
more drivers for the ports on the USB serial bus.
When unloading a driver module, the USB driver must be deregistered
before the USB serial bus drivers so that I/O is stopped before
unbinding the ports to avoid use-after-free in completion handlers
accessing port data.
Note that the "new_id" attributes must first be removed to prevent new
ids from being added and triggering a probe of the USB driver after it
has been deregistered.
Fixes: 765e0ba62613 ("usb-serial: new API for driver registration")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.4
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/usb/serial/bus.c | 4 ++++
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
include/linux/usb/serial.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/bus.c b/drivers/usb/serial/bus.c
index 295c61afa44c..ea1fe5d1e449 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/bus.c
@@ -169,3 +169,7 @@ void usb_serial_bus_deregister(struct usb_serial_driver *driver)
free_dynids(driver);
}
+void usb_serial_bus_remove_new_id(struct usb_serial_driver *driver)
+{
+ driver_remove_file(&driver->driver, &driver_attr_new_id);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index a4fbc849c0fa..11a0ed6d6546 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ int __usb_serial_register_drivers(struct usb_serial_driver *const serial_drivers
{
int rc;
struct usb_driver *udriver;
- struct usb_serial_driver * const *sd;
+ struct usb_serial_driver * const *sd, * const *s;
/*
* udriver must be registered before any of the serial drivers,
@@ -1522,9 +1522,11 @@ int __usb_serial_register_drivers(struct usb_serial_driver *const serial_drivers
return 0;
err_deregister_drivers:
+ for (s = serial_drivers; s < sd; ++s)
+ usb_serial_bus_remove_new_id(*s);
+ usb_deregister(udriver);
while (sd-- > serial_drivers)
usb_serial_deregister(*sd);
- usb_deregister(udriver);
err_free_driver:
kfree(udriver);
return rc;
@@ -1542,10 +1544,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__usb_serial_register_drivers);
void usb_serial_deregister_drivers(struct usb_serial_driver *const serial_drivers[])
{
struct usb_driver *udriver = (*serial_drivers)->usb_driver;
+ struct usb_serial_driver * const *sd;
+
+ /*
+ * udriver must be deregistered before the serial drivers so that
+ * I/O is stopped before unbinding the ports.
+ *
+ * Remove the new_id attributes to prevent ids from being added and
+ * triggering a probe of udriver after it has been deregistered.
+ */
+ for (sd = serial_drivers; *sd; ++sd)
+ usb_serial_bus_remove_new_id(*sd);
+
+ usb_deregister(udriver);
for (; *serial_drivers; ++serial_drivers)
usb_serial_deregister(*serial_drivers);
- usb_deregister(udriver);
+
kfree(udriver);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_deregister_drivers);
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/serial.h b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
index 534e6650e2aa..ab0a32a90629 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/serial.h
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ void usb_serial_handle_dcd_change(struct usb_serial_port *usb_port,
int usb_serial_bus_register(struct usb_serial_driver *device);
void usb_serial_bus_deregister(struct usb_serial_driver *device);
+void usb_serial_bus_remove_new_id(struct usb_serial_driver *driver);
extern const struct bus_type usb_serial_bus_type;
extern struct tty_driver *usb_serial_tty_driver;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-21 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 15:45 [PATCH v2 0/4] USB: serial: fix port tear down use-after-free Johan Hovold
2026-08-21 15:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] " Johan Hovold
2026-08-21 15:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race Johan Hovold
2026-08-21 15:45 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2026-08-21 15:45 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] USB: serial: use iterator for driver deregistration Johan Hovold
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