BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028 IP: [<ffffffffa0f0a625>] hidraw_write+0x3b/0x116 [hid] [...] This is reproducible by disconnecting the device while userspace writes to dev node in a loop and doesn't check return values in order to exit the loop, like in the following test program: int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int fd = -1; unsigned char report[2] = {0x01, 0x00}; int ret; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s </dev/hidrawX>\n", argv[0]); exit(1); } fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) { perror("hidraw open"); exit(1); } while (1) { ret = write(fd, report, sizeof(report)); printf("ret: %d\n", ret); } close(fd); exit(0); } Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ospite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c index 9eaf6ae..a3866b5 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c @@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ static ssize_t hidraw_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, size_t int ret = 0; mutex_lock(&minors_lock); + + if (!hidraw_table[minor]) { + ret = -ENODEV; + goto out; + } + dev = hidraw_table[minor]->hid; if (!dev->hid_output_raw_report) { -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html