Re: kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) - inside hub_disconnect

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On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Luke-Jr wrote:

> On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:39:14 PM Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Luke-Jr wrote:
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63961
> > > 
> > > Kernel version 3.10.15
> > > 
> > > [1774470.503558] hub 2-1.3:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -71)
> > > [1774475.483021] hub 2-1.4:1.0: config failed, can't get hub status (err
> > > -110) [1774475.483042] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
> > > dereference at (null)
> > > [1774475.483075] IP: [<ffffffffa019b30e>] hub_quiesce+0x4e/0xb0 [usbcore]
> > 
> > This bug has been fixed in 3.12-rc1 by commit d0308d4b6b02 (usb: fix
> > cleanup after failure in hub_configure()).  That commit has not been
> > applied to the -stable branches.
> 
> I'm beginning to question if this is a bug at all?

That's a strange thing to say.  If the kernel always gets an error in 
the same place and under the same circumstances, doesn't that suggest 
very strongly there is a bug?  How else would you expect a bug to show 
up?

> As of tonight, my kernel is 
> now panicing this way 100% of the time I turn my new USB3 hub on... :/

Sounds like a bug to me.

Have you tried applying the commit mentioned above?  If it fixes your
problem, you'll know that there really was a bug.

Alan Stern

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