While in current version there is no use-after-free as USB serial core holds another reference when the console is registered, we should better unlock before dropping the reference in usb_console_setup(). Fixes: 7bd032dc2793 ("USB serial: update the console driver") Signed-off-by: Liang He <windhl@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/console.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c index b97aa40ca4d1..da19a5fa414f 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c @@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ static int usb_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) info->port = NULL; usb_autopm_put_interface(serial->interface); error_get_interface: - usb_serial_put(serial); mutex_unlock(&serial->disc_mutex); + usb_serial_put(serial); return retval; } -- 2.25.1