3.16.42-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 2b985467371a58ae44d76c7ba12b0951fee6ed98 upstream. handle_cmd_completion() frees a command structure which might be still referenced by xhci->current_cmd. This might cause problem when xhci->current_cmd is accessed after that. A real-life case could be like this. The host takes a very long time to respond to a command, and the command timer is fired at the same time when the command completion event arrives. The command completion handler frees xhci->current_cmd before the timer function can grab xhci->lock. Afterward, timer function grabs the lock and go ahead with checking and setting members of xhci->current_cmd. Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c @@ -1292,13 +1292,16 @@ void xhci_handle_command_timeout(unsigne struct xhci_command *cur_cmd = NULL; xhci = (struct xhci_hcd *) data; - /* mark this command to be cancelled */ spin_lock_irqsave(&xhci->lock, flags); - if (xhci->current_cmd) { - cur_cmd = xhci->current_cmd; - cur_cmd->status = COMP_CMD_ABORT; + + if (!xhci->current_cmd) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xhci->lock, flags); + return; } + /* mark this command to be cancelled */ + cur_cmd = xhci->current_cmd; + cur_cmd->status = COMP_CMD_ABORT; /* Make sure command ring is running before aborting it */ hw_ring_state = xhci_read_64(xhci, &xhci->op_regs->cmd_ring); @@ -1440,6 +1443,8 @@ static void handle_cmd_completion(struct xhci->current_cmd = list_entry(cmd->cmd_list.next, struct xhci_command, cmd_list); mod_timer(&xhci->cmd_timer, jiffies + XHCI_CMD_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT); + } else if (xhci->current_cmd == cmd) { + xhci->current_cmd = NULL; } event_handled: