@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static void chaoskey_free(struct chaoskey *dev)
usb_free_urb(dev->urb);
kfree(dev->name);
kfree(dev->buf);
+ usb_put_intf(dev->interface);
kfree(dev);
}
}
@@ -145,6 +146,8 @@ static int chaoskey_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
if (dev == NULL)
goto out;
+ dev->interface = usb_get_intf(interface);
+
dev->buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (dev->buf == NULL)
@@ -174,8 +177,6 @@ static int chaoskey_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
goto out;
}
- dev->interface = interface;
-
dev->in_ep = in_ep;
if (le16_to_cpu(udev->descriptor.idVendor) != ALEA_VENDOR_ID)
The driver was accessing its struct usb_interface in its release() callback without holding a reference. This would lead to a use-after-free whenever the device was disconnected while the character device was still open. Fixes: 66e3e591891d ("usb: Add driver for Altus Metrum ChaosKey device (v2)") Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.1 Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> --- drivers/usb/misc/chaoskey.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)