[PATCH 3.2 070/221] USB: serial: fix potential use-after-free after failed probe

[Ben Hutchings]

3.2.69-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 07fdfc5e9f1c966be8722e8fa927e5ea140df5ce upstream.

Fix return value in probe error path, which could end up returning
success (0) on errors. This could in turn lead to use-after-free or
double free (e.g. in port_remove) when the port device is removed.

Fixes: c706ebdfc895 ("USB: usb-serial: call port_probe and port_remove
at the right times")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/usb/serial/bus.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/serial/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/bus.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int usb_serial_device_probe(struc
 	retval = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_port_number);
 	if (retval) {
 		if (driver->port_remove)
-			retval = driver->port_remove(port);
+			driver->port_remove(port);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 

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