mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH] USB: cdc-acm: fix NULL-deref on hangup
@ 2026-10-19 12:37 Johan Hovold
  0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Johan Hovold @ 2026-10-19 12:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Oliver Neukum, Greg Kroah-Hartman
  Cc: linux-usb, linux-kernel, Johan Hovold, stable, Dan Drown

Make sure to take a reference to the port tty when processing carrier
detect changes to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer when the port is
being hung up.

Fixes: 3b563b901eef ("usb: cdc-acm: add PPS support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 6.6
Cc: Dan Drown <dan-netdev@drown.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
index e7cefb671bd2..a6595dcd981e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static void acm_process_notification(struct acm *acm, unsigned char *buf)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct usb_cdc_notification *dr = (struct usb_cdc_notification *)buf;
 	unsigned char *data = buf + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_notification);
+	struct tty_struct *tty;
 
 	switch (dr->bNotificationType) {
 	case USB_CDC_NOTIFY_NETWORK_CONNECTION:
@@ -320,12 +321,17 @@ static void acm_process_notification(struct acm *acm, unsigned char *buf)
 
 		difference = acm->ctrlin ^ newctrl;
 
-		if ((difference & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD) && acm->port.tty) {
-			struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_ref(acm->port.tty);
-			if (ld) {
-				if (ld->ops->dcd_change)
-					ld->ops->dcd_change(acm->port.tty, newctrl & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD);
-				tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+		if (difference & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD) {
+			tty = tty_port_tty_get(&acm->port);
+			if (tty) {
+				struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
+
+				if (ld) {
+					if (ld->ops->dcd_change)
+						ld->ops->dcd_change(tty, newctrl & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD);
+					tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+				}
+				tty_kref_put(tty);
 			}
 		}
 
-- 
2.55.0


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] only message in thread

only message in thread, other threads:[~2026-10-19 12:38 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2026-10-19 12:37 [PATCH] USB: cdc-acm: fix NULL-deref on hangup Johan Hovold

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®