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USB: fix invalid memory access in hub_activate()
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Commit 8520f38 ("USB: change hub initialization sleeps to
delayed_work") changed the hub_activate() routine to make part of it
run in a workqueue.  However, the commit failed to take a reference to
the usb_hub structure or to lock the hub interface while doing so.  As
a result, if a hub is plugged in and quickly unplugged before the work
routine can run, the routine will try to access memory that has been
deallocated.  Or, if the hub is unplugged while the routine is
running, the memory may be deallocated while it is in active use.

This patch fixes the problem by taking a reference to the usb_hub at
the start of hub_activate() and releasing it at the end (when the work
is finished), and by locking the hub interface while the work routine
is running.  It also adds a check at the start of the routine to see
if the hub has already been disconnected, in which nothing should be
done.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Reported-by: Alexandru Cornea <alexandru.cornea@intel.com>
Tested-by: Alexandru Cornea <alexandru.cornea@intel.com>
Fixes: 8520f38 ("USB: change hub initialization sleeps to delayed_work")
CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Alan Stern authored and Greg Kroah-Hartman committed Dec 18, 2015
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22 changes: 19 additions & 3 deletions drivers/usb/core/hub.c
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -1035,10 +1035,20 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
unsigned delay;

/* Continue a partial initialization */
if (type == HUB_INIT2)
goto init2;
if (type == HUB_INIT3)
if (type == HUB_INIT2 || type == HUB_INIT3) {
device_lock(hub->intfdev);

/* Was the hub disconnected while we were waiting? */
if (hub->disconnected) {
device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
kref_put(&hub->kref, hub_release);
return;
}
if (type == HUB_INIT2)
goto init2;
goto init3;
}
kref_get(&hub->kref);

/* The superspeed hub except for root hub has to use Hub Depth
* value as an offset into the route string to locate the bits
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1236,6 +1246,7 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
&hub->init_work,
msecs_to_jiffies(delay));
device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
return; /* Continues at init3: below */
} else {
msleep(delay);
Expand All @@ -1257,6 +1268,11 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
/* Allow autosuspend if it was suppressed */
if (type <= HUB_INIT3)
usb_autopm_put_interface_async(to_usb_interface(hub->intfdev));

if (type == HUB_INIT2 || type == HUB_INIT3)
device_unlock(hub->intfdev);

kref_put(&hub->kref, hub_release);
}

/* Implement the continuations for the delays above */
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