Re: USB disconnect -> kernel panic

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On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 11:26:59PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Ok, can you try the patch below and let me know if it solves the problem
> > or not?
> 
> If it does the right fix is to stop clearing tty->driver_data. If
> tty->driver_data can go NULL outside of the final release then its
> probably an exploitable hole.

So in acm_tty_close() we shouldn't set driver_data to NULL after we
unregister the device?

Ah, that should happen in tty_operations->cleanup()?  It seems that
cdc_acm.c doesn't have that function, which is causing this problem now,
right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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