From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> commit fa3a5a1880c91bb92594ad42dfe9eedad7996b86 upstream. No timer must be left running when the device goes away. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+b6c55daa701fc389e286@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1573726121.17351.3.camel@xxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/ff-memless.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/input/ff-memless.c +++ b/drivers/input/ff-memless.c @@ -501,6 +501,15 @@ static void ml_ff_destroy(struct ff_devi { struct ml_device *ml = ff->private; + /* + * Even though we stop all playing effects when tearing down + * an input device (via input_device_flush() that calls into + * input_ff_flush() that stops and erases all effects), we + * do not actually stop the timer, and therefore we should + * do it here. + */ + del_timer_sync(&ml->timer); + kfree(ml->private); }