From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linmao Li <lilinmao@kylinos.cn>,
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] Input: byd - synchronize timer deletion before freeing private data
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:19:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824151912.3764775-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026082045-earthly-vengeful-03d1@gregkh>
From: Linmao Li <lilinmao@kylinos.cn>
[ Upstream commit c83e79c0842ed29860648bcce5022ef0ba5001c6 ]
byd_disconnect() uses timer_delete() before freeing the driver's private
data. This does not wait for a running byd_clear_touch() callback, which
dereferences the private data and its psmouse pointer. A callback racing
with disconnect can therefore access the private data after it has been
freed. The timer can also still be re-armed by byd_process_byte() while
the disconnect is in progress.
Use timer_shutdown_sync() before freeing the private data: it waits for
a running callback and turns any later re-arm attempt into a no-op.
Fixes: 2d5f5611dd0d ("Input: byd - enable absolute mode")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linmao Li <lilinmao@kylinos.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260720061259.1601281-1-lilinmao@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
[ changed `del_timer()` to `timer_shutdown_sync()` since 6.12 predates the `del_timer()` → `timer_delete()` rename ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/input/mouse/byd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/byd.c b/drivers/input/mouse/byd.c
index 6e0c5f5a2713d..90553efd25224 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/byd.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/byd.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static void byd_disconnect(struct psmouse *psmouse)
struct byd_data *priv = psmouse->private;
if (priv) {
- del_timer(&priv->timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&priv->timer);
kfree(psmouse->private);
psmouse->private = NULL;
}
--
2.53.0
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2026-08-20 11:07 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] Input: byd - synchronize timer deletion before freeing" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
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