read() needs to check whether the device has been disconnected before it tries to talk to the device. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+be5b5f86a162a6c281e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/usb/class/usblp.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c b/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c index 084c48c5848f..67cbd42421be 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c +++ b/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c @@ -827,6 +827,11 @@ static ssize_t usblp_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t len, lo if (rv < 0) return rv; + if (!usblp->present) { + count = -ENODEV; + goto done; + } + if ((avail = usblp->rstatus) < 0) { printk(KERN_ERR "usblp%d: error %d reading from printer\n", usblp->minor, (int)avail); -- 2.16.4