This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled usb: roles: fix NULL pointer issue when put module's reference to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: usb-roles-fix-null-pointer-issue-when-put-module-s-reference.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 1c9be13846c0b2abc2480602f8ef421360e1ad9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@xxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:37:38 +0800 Subject: usb: roles: fix NULL pointer issue when put module's reference From: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@xxxxxxx> commit 1c9be13846c0b2abc2480602f8ef421360e1ad9e upstream. In current design, usb role class driver will get usb_role_switch parent's module reference after the user get usb_role_switch device and put the reference after the user put the usb_role_switch device. However, the parent device of usb_role_switch may be removed before the user put the usb_role_switch. If so, then, NULL pointer issue will be met when the user put the parent module's reference. This will save the module pointer in structure of usb_role_switch. Then, we don't need to find module by iterating long relations. Fixes: 5c54fcac9a9d ("usb: roles: Take care of driver module reference counting") cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240129093739.2371530-1-xu.yang_2@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/roles/class.c | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/usb/roles/class.c +++ b/drivers/usb/roles/class.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static struct class *role_class; struct usb_role_switch { struct device dev; struct mutex lock; /* device lock*/ + struct module *module; /* the module this device depends on */ enum usb_role role; /* From descriptor */ @@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ struct usb_role_switch *usb_role_switch_ usb_role_switch_match); if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sw)) - WARN_ON(!try_module_get(sw->dev.parent->driver->owner)); + WARN_ON(!try_module_get(sw->module)); return sw; } @@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ struct usb_role_switch *fwnode_usb_role_ sw = fwnode_connection_find_match(fwnode, "usb-role-switch", NULL, usb_role_switch_match); if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sw)) - WARN_ON(!try_module_get(sw->dev.parent->driver->owner)); + WARN_ON(!try_module_get(sw->module)); return sw; } @@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_usb_role_switch void usb_role_switch_put(struct usb_role_switch *sw) { if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sw)) { - module_put(sw->dev.parent->driver->owner); + module_put(sw->module); put_device(&sw->dev); } } @@ -187,15 +188,18 @@ struct usb_role_switch * usb_role_switch_find_by_fwnode(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode) { struct device *dev; + struct usb_role_switch *sw = NULL; if (!fwnode) return NULL; dev = class_find_device_by_fwnode(role_class, fwnode); - if (dev) - WARN_ON(!try_module_get(dev->parent->driver->owner)); + if (dev) { + sw = to_role_switch(dev); + WARN_ON(!try_module_get(sw->module)); + } - return dev ? to_role_switch(dev) : NULL; + return sw; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_role_switch_find_by_fwnode); @@ -328,6 +332,7 @@ usb_role_switch_register(struct device * sw->set = desc->set; sw->get = desc->get; + sw->module = parent->driver->owner; sw->dev.parent = parent; sw->dev.fwnode = desc->fwnode; sw->dev.class = role_class; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from xu.yang_2@xxxxxxx are queue-5.10/usb-roles-don-t-get-set_role-when-usb_role_switch-is-unregistered.patch queue-5.10/usb-roles-fix-null-pointer-issue-when-put-module-s-reference.patch