[PATCH] USB: cdc-acm: fix NULL-deref on hangup
From: Johan Hovold
Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 08:39:42 EST
Make sure to take a reference to the port tty when processing carrier
detect changes to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer when the port is
being hung up.
Fixes: 3b563b901eef ("usb: cdc-acm: add PPS support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.6
Cc: Dan Drown <dan-netdev@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
index e7cefb671bd2..a6595dcd981e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static void acm_process_notification(struct acm *acm, unsigned char *buf)
unsigned long flags;
struct usb_cdc_notification *dr = (struct usb_cdc_notification *)buf;
unsigned char *data = buf + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_notification);
+ struct tty_struct *tty;
switch (dr->bNotificationType) {
case USB_CDC_NOTIFY_NETWORK_CONNECTION:
@@ -320,12 +321,17 @@ static void acm_process_notification(struct acm *acm, unsigned char *buf)
difference = acm->ctrlin ^ newctrl;
- if ((difference & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD) && acm->port.tty) {
- struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_ref(acm->port.tty);
- if (ld) {
- if (ld->ops->dcd_change)
- ld->ops->dcd_change(acm->port.tty, newctrl & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD);
- tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+ if (difference & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD) {
+ tty = tty_port_tty_get(&acm->port);
+ if (tty) {
+ struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
+
+ if (ld) {
+ if (ld->ops->dcd_change)
+ ld->ops->dcd_change(tty, newctrl & USB_CDC_SERIAL_STATE_DCD);
+ tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
+ }
+ tty_kref_put(tty);
}
}
--
2.55.0