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[v2,7/9] can: usb_8dev: usb_8dev_disconnect(): fix NULL pointer dereference

Message ID 20221210090157.793547-8-mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr (mailing list archive)
State Awaiting Upstream
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series can: usb: remove all usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL) in drivers' disconnect() | expand

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Vincent MAILHOL Dec. 10, 2022, 9:01 a.m. UTC 
usb_8dev sets the driver's priv data to NULL before waiting for the
completion of outsdanding urbs. This can results in NULL pointer
dereference, c.f. [1] and [2].

Remove the call to usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL). The core will take
care of setting it to NULL after usb_8dev_disconnect() at [3].

[1] c/27ef17849779 ("usb: add usb_set_intfdata() documentation")
Link: https://git.kernel.org/gregkh/usb/c/27ef17849779

[2] thread about usb_set_intfdata() on linux-usb mailing.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/Y4OD70GD4KnoRk0k@rowland.harvard.edu/

[3] function usb_unbind_interface() from drivers/usb/core/driver.c
Link: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.0/source/drivers/usb/core/driver.c#L497

Fixes: 0024d8ad1639 ("can: usb_8dev: Add support for USB2CAN interface from 8 devices")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
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 drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
index 8a5596ce4e46..ae618809fc05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
@@ -990,8 +990,6 @@  static void usb_8dev_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	struct usb_8dev_priv *priv = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 
-	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
-
 	if (priv) {
 		netdev_info(priv->netdev, "device disconnected\n");