[PATCH 07/17] xhci: dbgtty: Fix unregister on tty_register_driver() failure
Mathias Nyman <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 17:21:03 +0300
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-usb,org.kernel.vger.stable |
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From: Lucas De Marchi <[email protected]> If tty_register_driver() fails, it drops the reference, but fails to set the global dbc_tty_driver to NULL, causing the unregister to be called again when module exits. On module unload dbc_tty_exit() only gates its cleanup on the driver pointer being non-NULL, so it operates on the already-freed driver: module_init(xhci_hcd_init) xhci_hcd_init() xhci_dbc_init() [return value ignored] dbc_tty_init() tty_register_driver() fails tty_driver_kref_put() -> driver freed (dbc_tty_driver left dangling) ... module_exit(xhci_hcd_fini) xhci_hcd_fini() xhci_dbc_exit() dbc_tty_exit() if (dbc_tty_driver) -> true (dangling) tty_unregister_driver() -> use-after-free Fixes: 4521f1613940 ("xhci: dbctty: split dbc tty driver registration and unregistration functions.") Cc: [email protected] # v5.10 Cc: Mathias Nyman <[email protected]> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <[email protected]> --- drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgtty.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgtty.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgtty.c index 2e7384c6b6ec..01decd46f313 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgtty.c +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgtty.c @@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ int dbc_tty_init(void) pr_err("Can't register dbc tty driver\n"); tty_driver_kref_put(dbc_tty_driver); idr_destroy(&dbc_tty_minors); + dbc_tty_driver = NULL; } return ret; -- 2.43.0