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usb: misc: lvs: fix race condition in disconnect handling

There is a small window during which the an URB may
remain active after disconnect has returned. If in that case
already freed memory may be accessed and executed.

The fix is to poison the URB befotre the work is flushed.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Oliver Neukum 8 years ago
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      drivers/usb/misc/lvstest.c

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drivers/usb/misc/lvstest.c

@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ static void lvs_rh_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	struct lvs_rh *lvs = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 
 	sysfs_remove_group(&intf->dev.kobj, &lvs_attr_group);
+	usb_poison_urb(lvs->urb); /* used in scheduled work */
 	flush_work(&lvs->rh_work);
 	usb_free_urb(lvs->urb);
 }