Re: [PATCH 0/2] USB: serial: fix port tear down use-after-free

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-usb,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <2026082018-fringe-stump-711e@gregkh> 
On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 04:54:00PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> When addressing a port probe ordering issue in digi_acceleport recently
> I realised that we have a corresponding general problem during
> disconnect, but I didn't have time to address it straight away.
> 
> Now syzbot has managed to trigger one of its symptoms and people have
> already started submitting incomplete band-aids so here is a proper
> fix.
> 
> When testing the fix I also noticed that we have an ordering issue when
> deregistering drivers that can result in similar use-after-free.

Nice catch:


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