On 16. 01. 24, 15:16, Kuen-Han Tsai wrote:
Commit ffd603f21423 ("usb: gadget: u_serial: Add null pointer check in gs_start_io") adds null pointer checks to gs_start_io(), but it doesn't fully fix the potential null pointer dereference issue. While gserial_connect() calls gs_start_io() with port_lock held, gs_start_rx() and gs_start_tx() release the lock during endpoint request submission. This creates a window where gs_close() could set port->port_tty to NULL, leading to a dereference when the lock is reacquired. This patch adds a null pointer check for port->port_tty after RX/TX submission, and removes the initial null pointer check in gs_start_io() since the caller must hold port_lock and guarantee non-null values for port_usb and port_tty.
Or you switch to tty_port refcounting and need not fiddling with this at all ;).
thanks, -- js suse labs