Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: thunderbolt: cancel work on driver removal

From: Heikki Krogerus

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 05:01:15 EST


On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 02:07:12PM +0800, Hongyan Xu wrote:
> The probe and alternate mode callbacks can schedule tbt->work. The remove
> callback drops the cable and plug references without canceling that work,
> and the devres core then frees tbt. A pending or running work item can
> therefore dereference both released objects and the freed tbt allocation.
>
> Cancel the work synchronously before dropping the referenced Type-C
> objects.
>
> Fixes: 100e25738659 ("usb: typec: Add driver for Thunderbolt 3 Alternate Mode")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Hongyan Xu <getshell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/typec/altmodes/thunderbolt.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/altmodes/thunderbolt.c b/drivers/usb/typec/altmodes/thunderbolt.c
> index 32250b94262a..57c8dff0c51f 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/altmodes/thunderbolt.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/altmodes/thunderbolt.c
> @@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ static void tbt_altmode_remove(struct typec_altmode *alt)
> {
> struct tbt_altmode *tbt = typec_altmode_get_drvdata(alt);
>
> + cancel_work_sync(&tbt->work);

There's already a fix for this one:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20260802014959.416687-1-fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx/

thanks,

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heikki