[PATCH] usb: core: fix a double free in the usb driver

From: Chung-Geol Kim
Date: Thu May 26 2016 - 21:38:26 EST


There is a double free problem in the usb driver.
This is caused by delayed deregister for scsi device.
<*> at Insert USB Storage
- USB bus #1 register
usb_create_hcd (primary-kref==1)
* primary-bandwidth_mutex(alloc))
usb_get_hcd (primary-kref==2)
- USB bus #2 register
usb_create_hcd (second-kref==1)
* second-bandwidth_mutex==primary-bandwidth_mutex
usb_get_hcd (second-kref==2)
- scsi_device_get
usb_get_hcd (second-kref==3)

<*> at remove USB Storage (Normal)
- scsi_device_put
usb_put_hcd (second-kref==2)
- USB bus #2 deregister
usb_release_dev(second-kref==1)
usb_release_dev(second-kref==0) -> hcd_release()
- USB bus #1 deregister
usb_release_dev(primary-kref==1)
usb_release_dev(primary-kref==0) -> hcd_release()
*(primary-bandwidth_mutex free)

at remove USB Storage
- USB bus #2 deregister
usb_release_dev(second-kref==2)
usb_release_dev(second-kref==1)
- USB bus #1 deregister
usb_release_dev(primary-kref==1)
usb_release_dev(primary-kref==0) -> hcd_release()
*(primary-bandwidth_mutex free)
- scsi_device_put
usb_put_hcd (second-kref==0) -> hcd_release(*)
* at this, second->primary==0 therefore try to
free the primary-bandwidth_mutex.(already freed)

To fix this problem kfree(hcd->bandwidth_mutex);
should be executed at only (hcd->primary_hcd==hcd).

Signed-off-by: Chunggeol Kim
---
drivers/usb/core/hcd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
index 34b837a..60077f3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -2608,7 +2608,7 @@ static void hcd_release(struct kref *kref)
struct usb_hcd *hcd = container_of (kref, struct usb_hcd, kref);

mutex_lock(&usb_port_peer_mutex);
- if (usb_hcd_is_primary_hcd(hcd)) {
+ if (hcd == hcd->primary_hcd) {
kfree(hcd->address0_mutex);
kfree(hcd->bandwidth_mutex);
}
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