[PATCH] gpib: fix double decrement of descriptor_busy in command_ioctl()
From: Adam Crosser
Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 08:38:14 EST
From: Adam Crosser <adam.crosser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit d1857f8296dc ("gpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers")
introduced a descriptor_busy reference counter to pin struct
gpib_descriptor across IO ioctl operations. In command_ioctl(), the
error path inside the loop decrements descriptor_busy and breaks, but
execution then falls through to the unconditional decrement after the
loop, underflowing the counter to -1.
This re-enables the use-after-free that the original fix was meant to
prevent: a concurrent close_dev_ioctl() sees descriptor_busy == 0 on
an actively-used descriptor and frees it.
Remove the early decrement from the error path. The post-loop
decrement already handles all exit paths, matching the correct pattern
used in read_ioctl() and write_ioctl().
Fixes: d1857f8296dc ("gpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers")
Reported-by: Ruikai Peng <ruikai@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Adam Crosser <adam.crosser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpib/common/gpib_os.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpib/common/gpib_os.c b/drivers/gpib/common/gpib_os.c
index 97c98f0..2b4ec6a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpib/common/gpib_os.c
+++ b/drivers/gpib/common/gpib_os.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static int command_ioctl(struct gpib_file_private *file_priv,
userbuf += bytes_written;
if (retval < 0) {
atomic_set(&desc->io_in_progress, 0);
- atomic_dec(&desc->descriptor_busy);
wake_up_interruptible(&board->wait);
break;
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)