From: Ionut Nicu <ionut.nicu@xxxxxxxxx> If usb_deregister() is called after usb_serial_deregister() when the device is plugged in, the following Oops occurs: [ 95.337377] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000010 [ 95.338236] IP: [<c0776b2d>] klist_put+0x12/0x62 [ 95.338356] *pdpt = 000000003001a001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [ 95.338356] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 95.340499] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/idVendor [ 95.340499] Modules linked in: ti_usb_3410_5052(-) usbserial cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq mperf iptable_nat nf_nat iptable_mangle ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 uinput arc4 ecb iwlagn iwlcore mac80211 cfg80211 microcode pcspkr acer_wmi joydev wmi sky2 [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] [ 95.341908] [ 95.341908] Pid: 1532, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.37-rc7+ #6 Eiger /Aspire 5930 [ 95.341908] EIP: 0060:[<c0776b2d>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 [ 95.341908] EIP is at klist_put+0x12/0x62 [ 95.341908] EAX: 00000000 EBX: eedc0c84 ECX: c09c21b4 EDX: 00000001 [ 95.341908] ESI: 00000000 EDI: efaa0c1c EBP: f214fe2c ESP: f214fe1c [ 95.341908] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [ 95.341908] Process modprobe (pid: 1532, ti=f214e000 task=efaaf080 task.ti=f214e000) [ 95.341908] Stack: [ 95.341908] f214fe24 eedc0c84 efaaf080 efaa0c1c f214fe34 c0776ba8 f214fe5c c0776c76 [ 95.341908] c09c21b4 c09c21b4 eedc0c84 efaaf080 00000000 c0634398 eafe2d1c f7b515f0 [ 95.341908] f214fe6c c0631b5c eafe2d50 eafe2d1c f214fe7c c0631ba2 eafe2d1c eafe2c00 [ 95.341908] Call Trace: [ 95.341908] [<c0776ba8>] ? klist_del+0xd/0xf [ 95.341908] [<c0776c76>] ? klist_remove+0x48/0x74 [ 95.341908] [<c0634398>] ? devres_release_all+0x49/0x51 [ 95.341908] [<c0631b5c>] ? __device_release_driver+0x7b/0xa4 [ 95.341908] [<c0631ba2>] ? device_release_driver+0x1d/0x28 [ 95.341908] [<c06317c4>] ? bus_remove_device+0x92/0xa1 [ 95.341908] [<c062f3d8>] ? device_del+0xf9/0x13e [ 95.341908] [<f7b06146>] ? usb_serial_disconnect+0xd9/0x116 [usbserial] [ 95.341908] [<c0681e3f>] ? usb_disable_interface+0x32/0x40 [ 95.341908] [<c0683972>] ? usb_unbind_interface+0x48/0xfd [ 95.341908] [<c0631b43>] ? __device_release_driver+0x62/0xa4 [ 95.341908] [<c06320b9>] ? driver_detach+0x62/0x81 [ 95.341908] [<c0631a41>] ? bus_remove_driver+0x8f/0xae [ 95.341908] [<c063214c>] ? driver_unregister+0x50/0x57 [ 95.341908] [<c0682f95>] ? usb_deregister+0x77/0x84 [ 95.341908] [<f7b505b6>] ? ti_exit+0x26/0x28 [ti_usb_3410_5052] [ 95.341908] [<c046a307>] ? sys_delete_module+0x181/0x1de [ 95.341908] [<c04e2727>] ? path_put+0x1a/0x1d [ 95.341908] [<c047f4c5>] ? audit_syscall_entry+0x116/0x138 [ 95.341908] [<c04094df>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28 [ 95.341908] Code: 00 83 7d f0 00 74 09 85 f6 74 05 89 f0 ff 55 f0 8b 43 04 5a 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 55 89 e5 57 56 53 89 c3 83 ec 04 8b 30 83 e6 fe 89 f0 <8b> 7e 10 88 55 f0 e8 47 26 01 00 8a 55 f0 84 d2 74 17 f6 03 01 [ 95.341908] EIP: [<c0776b2d>] klist_put+0x12/0x62 SS:ESP 0068:f214fe1c [ 95.341908] CR2: 0000000000000010 [ 95.342357] ---[ end trace 8124d00ad871ad18 ]--- Signed-off-by: Ionut Nicu <ionut.nicu@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c index b2902f3..a910004 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c @@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ failed_1port: static void __exit ti_exit(void) { + usb_deregister(&ti_usb_driver); usb_serial_deregister(&ti_1port_device); usb_serial_deregister(&ti_2port_device); - usb_deregister(&ti_usb_driver); } -- 1.7.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html