Re: [PATCH 4/4] usb: fix UAF when probe runs concurrent to dyn ID removal

["Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Tue Jun 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM CEST, Gary Guo wrote:
> @@ -320,7 +321,8 @@ static int usb_probe_interface(struct device *dev)
>  	struct usb_driver *driver = to_usb_driver(dev->driver);
>  	struct usb_interface *intf = to_usb_interface(dev);
>  	struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
> -	const struct usb_device_id *id;
> +	struct usb_device_id id;
> +	const struct usb_device_id *matched_id;
>  	int error = -ENODEV;
>  	int lpm_disable_error = -ENODEV;
>  
> @@ -340,11 +342,12 @@ static int usb_probe_interface(struct device *dev)
>  		return error;
>  	}
>  
> -	id = usb_match_dynamic_id(intf, driver);
> -	if (!id)
> -		id = usb_match_id(intf, driver->id_table);
> -	if (!id)
> -		return error;
> +	if (!usb_match_dynamic_id(intf, driver, &id)) {
> +		matched_id = usb_match_id(intf, driver->id_table);
> +		if (!matched_id)
> +			return error;
> +		id = *matched_id;
> +	}

I think this could just be:

	struct usb_device_id id_copy;

	if (usb_match_dynamic_id(intf, driver, &id_copy)) {
		id = &id_copy;
	} else {
		id = usb_match_id(intf, driver->id_table);
		if (!id)
			return error;
	}

Avoids the unnecessary copy and also results in a smaller diff.