3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit c605f3cdff53a743f6d875b76956b239deca1272 upstream. During surprise device hotplug removal tests, it was observed that hub_events may try to call usb_lock_device on a device that has already been freed. Protect the usb_device by taking out a reference (under the hub_event_lock) when hub_events pulls it off the list, returning the reference after hub_events is finished using it. Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: David Bulkow <david.bulkow@xxxxxxxxxxx> for using kref Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> for placement Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c @@ -4764,9 +4764,10 @@ static void hub_events(void) hub = list_entry(tmp, struct usb_hub, event_list); kref_get(&hub->kref); + hdev = hub->hdev; + usb_get_dev(hdev); spin_unlock_irq(&hub_event_lock); - hdev = hub->hdev; hub_dev = hub->intfdev; intf = to_usb_interface(hub_dev); dev_dbg(hub_dev, "state %d ports %d chg %04x evt %04x\n", @@ -4979,6 +4980,7 @@ static void hub_events(void) usb_autopm_put_interface(intf); loop_disconnected: usb_unlock_device(hdev); + usb_put_dev(hdev); kref_put(&hub->kref, hub_release); } /* end while (1) */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html