[PATCH] usb: atm: cxacru: stop polling on device shutdown

From: Anuj Bolewar via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 13:53:35 EST


From: Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@xxxxxxxxx>

cxacru_unbind() sets poll_state to CXPOLL_SHUTDOWN under
poll_state_serialize and then calls cancel_delayed_work_sync(). If
cxacru_poll_status() is already running it only stops rescheduling when
it observes CXPOLL_STOPPED; CXPOLL_SHUTDOWN is ignored, so a running
worker re-queues itself. cancel_delayed_work_sync() then returns while a
delayed work is still pending, and the work fires after cxacru_unbind()
has freed the instance, causing a use-after-free.

Treat CXPOLL_SHUTDOWN like CXPOLL_STOPPED in the reschedule decision so
a worker that sees the shutdown state stops polling and cannot re-queue
itself after unbind.

Reported-by: syzbot+e4b1171e7c5ae2556f9e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e4b1171e7c5ae2556f9e
Assisted-by: deepseek:v4-pro
Signed-off-by: Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@xxxxxxxxx>
---
cxacru_poll_status() reschedules itself with schedule_delayed_work()
unless poll_state is CXPOLL_STOPPED. cxacru_unbind() sets poll_state
to CXPOLL_SHUTDOWN and relies on cancel_delayed_work_sync() to stop
the worker, but a worker that is already running when unbind starts
never observes CXPOLL_STOPPED and re-queues itself, so the delayed
work still fires after the instance has been freed.

Treat CXPOLL_SHUTDOWN like CXPOLL_STOPPED when deciding whether to
reschedule, so a running worker cannot re-queue itself during unbind.
---
drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c b/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c
index f1900c567ba..a9902973914 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c
@@ -923,7 +923,8 @@ static void cxacru_poll_status(struct work_struct *work)
instance->line_status == 0) /* down */
instance->poll_state = CXPOLL_STOPPED;

- if (instance->poll_state == CXPOLL_STOPPED)
+ if (instance->poll_state == CXPOLL_STOPPED ||
+ instance->poll_state == CXPOLL_SHUTDOWN)
keep_polling = 0;
mutex_unlock(&instance->poll_state_serialize);


---
base-commit: 848acc8ffe1b7cd5f1bf427b93069becfebc2c9d
change-id: 20260804-usb-atm-cxacru-stop-polling-on-device-shutdown-bc9c6f771624

Best regards,
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Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@xxxxxxxxx>