[PATCH v2 3/3] hwmon: (powerz) Fix use-after-free and signal handling on USB disconnect

From: Pradhan, Sanman

Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 13:40:09 EST


From: Sanman Pradhan <psanman@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Fix several issues in the powerz driver related to USB disconnect
races and signal handling:

1. Use-after-free: When hwmon sysfs attributes are read concurrently
with USB disconnect, powerz_read() obtains a pointer to the
private data via usb_get_intfdata(), then powerz_disconnect() runs
and frees the URB while powerz_read_data() may still reference it.
Fix by:
- Moving usb_set_intfdata() before hwmon registration so the
disconnect handler can always find the priv pointer.
- Clearing intfdata and NULLing the URB pointer in disconnect
under the mutex.
- Guarding powerz_read_data() with a !priv->urb check.

2. Signal handling: wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout()
returns -ERESTARTSYS on signal, 0 on timeout, or positive on
completion. The original code tests !ret, which only catches
timeout. On signal delivery (-ERESTARTSYS), !ret is false so the
function skips usb_kill_urb() and falls through, accessing
potentially stale URB data. Capture the return value and handle
both the signal (negative) and timeout (zero) cases explicitly.

Fixes: 4381a36abdf1c ("hwmon: add POWER-Z driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sanman Pradhan <psanman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Also fix signal handling in wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout();
original code only handled timeout (ret==0) but not signals
(ret==-ERESTARTSYS)
- Return -ENODEV instead of -EIO for disconnected device

drivers/hwmon/powerz.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c b/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c
index 4e663d5b4e33..0b38fdf42ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ static int powerz_read_data(struct usb_device *udev, struct powerz_priv *priv)
{
int ret;

+ if (!priv->urb)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
priv->status = -ETIMEDOUT;
reinit_completion(&priv->completion);

@@ -124,10 +127,11 @@ static int powerz_read_data(struct usb_device *udev, struct powerz_priv *priv)
if (ret)
return ret;

- if (!wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout
- (&priv->completion, msecs_to_jiffies(5))) {
+ ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&priv->completion,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(5));
+ if (ret <= 0) {
usb_kill_urb(priv->urb);
- return -EIO;
+ return ret ? ret : -EIO;
}

if (priv->urb->actual_length < sizeof(struct powerz_sensor_data))
@@ -224,16 +228,17 @@ static int powerz_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
mutex_init(&priv->mutex);
init_completion(&priv->completion);

+ usb_set_intfdata(intf, priv);
+
hwmon_dev =
devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(parent, DRIVER_NAME, priv,
&powerz_chip_info, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(hwmon_dev)) {
+ usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
usb_free_urb(priv->urb);
return PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);
}

- usb_set_intfdata(intf, priv);
-
return 0;
}

@@ -241,9 +246,12 @@ static void powerz_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
{
struct powerz_priv *priv = usb_get_intfdata(intf);

+ usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
+
mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
usb_kill_urb(priv->urb);
usb_free_urb(priv->urb);
+ priv->urb = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
}

--
2.34.1