synchronization in usb_serial_put
I think there is a race between usb_serial_put() and
usb_serial_get_by_index() (and get_free_serial()) with regards
to handling the serial port refcount.
usb_serial_get_by_index() gets a reference on the serial port under
table_lock while return_serial releases all the returned ports
from the table under the same lock. However, the table_lock is not
taken around the call to kref_put, theoretically allowing to sneak
in and grab a reference after kref_put has already determined that
the reference count is zero (and before calling destroy_serial)
causing use after free.
Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@ns1.bhalevy.com>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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