HID: hid-bigbenff: fix race condition for scheduled work during removal It's possible that there is scheduled work left while the device is already being removed, which can cause a kernel crash. Adding a flag will avoid this. Signed-off-by: Hanno Zulla <kontakt@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c b/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c index f8c552b64a89..db6da21ade06 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c @@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ static __u8 pid0902_rdesc_fixed[] = { struct bigben_device { struct hid_device *hid; struct hid_report *report; + bool removed; u8 led_state; /* LED1 = 1 .. LED4 = 8 */ u8 right_motor_on; /* right motor off/on 0/1 */ u8 left_motor_force; /* left motor force 0-255 */ @@ -190,6 +191,9 @@ static void bigben_worker(struct work_struct *work) struct bigben_device, worker); struct hid_field *report_field = bigben->report->field[0]; + if (bigben->removed) + return; + if (bigben->work_led) { bigben->work_led = false; report_field->value[0] = 0x01; /* 1 = led message */ @@ -304,6 +308,7 @@ static void bigben_remove(struct hid_device *hid) { struct bigben_device *bigben = hid_get_drvdata(hid); + bigben->removed = true; cancel_work_sync(&bigben->worker); hid_hw_stop(hid); } @@ -324,6 +329,7 @@ static int bigben_probe(struct hid_device *hid, return -ENOMEM; hid_set_drvdata(hid, bigben); bigben->hid = hid; + bigben->removed = false; error = hid_parse(hid); if (error) { -- 2.20.1