Re: [PATCH 2/2] USB: serial: console: fix use-after-free after failed setup

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Oct 04 2017 - 10:39:24 EST


On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 11:01:13AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Make sure to reset the USB-console port pointer when console setup fails
> in order to avoid having the struct usb_serial be prematurely freed by
> the console code when the device is later disconnected.
>
> Fixes: 73e487fdb75f ("[PATCH] USB console: fix disconnection issues")
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 2.6.18
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>