[PATCH] media: ttusbir: fix race between device disconnection and urb callback

From: Haotian Zhang

Date: Fri Nov 14 2025 - 05:14:25 EST


The ttusbir_disconnect() function calls rc_unregister_device() before
usb_kill_urb(), creating a race condition similar to the one fixed in
commit 'f656cfbc7a29'. If rc_unregister_device() executes while
the URB callback ttusbir_urb_complete() is still running,
ttusbir_process_ir_data() may call ir_raw_event_store_with_filter()
or ir_raw_event_handle() with a freed tt->rc->raw pointer, leading to
a NULL pointer dereference.

Call usb_kill_urb() before rc_unregister_device() to ensure all URB
callbacks complete before freeing device resources.

Fixes: 0938069fa089 ("[media] rc: Add support for the TechnoTrend USB IR Receiver")
Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c b/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c
index 560a26f3965c..c1fbbc03dd29 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ static void ttusbir_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)

tt->udev = NULL;

- rc_unregister_device(tt->rc);
led_classdev_unregister(&tt->led);
for (i = 0; i < NUM_URBS; i++) {
usb_kill_urb(tt->urb[i]);
@@ -372,6 +371,7 @@ static void ttusbir_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
usb_free_urb(tt->urb[i]);
}
usb_kill_urb(tt->bulk_urb);
+ rc_unregister_device(tt->rc);
usb_free_urb(tt->bulk_urb);
usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
kfree(tt);
--
2.50.1.windows.1