If gs_close has cleared port->port.tty and gs_start_io is called afterwards, then the function tty_wakeup will attempt to access the value of the pointer port->port.tty which will cause a null pointer dereference error. To avoid this, add a null pointer check to gs_start_io before attempting to access the value of the pointer port->port.tty. Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c index 97f07757d19e..1115396b46a0 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c @@ -539,16 +539,20 @@ static int gs_alloc_requests(struct usb_ep *ep, struct list_head *head, static int gs_start_io(struct gs_port *port) { struct list_head *head = &port->read_pool; - struct usb_ep *ep = port->port_usb->out; + struct usb_ep *ep; int status; unsigned started; + if (!port->port_usb || !port->port.tty) + return -EIO; + /* Allocate RX and TX I/O buffers. We can't easily do this much * earlier (with GFP_KERNEL) because the requests are coupled to * endpoints, as are the packet sizes we'll be using. Different * configurations may use different endpoints with a given port; * and high speed vs full speed changes packet sizes too. */ + ep = port->port_usb->out; status = gs_alloc_requests(ep, head, gs_read_complete, &port->read_allocated); if (status) -- 2.41.0.rc0.172.g3f132b7071-goog