[PATCH 2/2] USB: serial: fix driver deregistration order
From: Johan Hovold
Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 10:59:11 EST
USB serial driver modules register one driver for the USB bus and one or
more drivers for the ports on the USB serial bus.
When unloading a driver module, the USB driver must be deregistered
before the USB serial bus drivers so that I/O is stopped before
unbinding the ports to avoid use-after-free in completion handlers
accessing port data.
Note that the order does not matter currently in the registration error
path as the USB driver is not bound until after the USB serial drivers
have been registered.
Fixes: 765e0ba62613 ("usb-serial: new API for driver registration")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.4
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index a4fbc849c0fa..08a9b6f8cf7d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -1522,9 +1522,9 @@ int __usb_serial_register_drivers(struct usb_serial_driver *const serial_drivers
return 0;
err_deregister_drivers:
+ usb_deregister(udriver);
while (sd-- > serial_drivers)
usb_serial_deregister(*sd);
- usb_deregister(udriver);
err_free_driver:
kfree(udriver);
return rc;
@@ -1543,9 +1543,15 @@ void usb_serial_deregister_drivers(struct usb_serial_driver *const serial_driver
{
struct usb_driver *udriver = (*serial_drivers)->usb_driver;
+ /*
+ * The USB driver must be deregistered before the USB serial drivers
+ * so that I/O is stopped before unbinding the ports.
+ */
+ usb_deregister(udriver);
+
for (; *serial_drivers; ++serial_drivers)
usb_serial_deregister(*serial_drivers);
- usb_deregister(udriver);
+
kfree(udriver);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_deregister_drivers);
--
2.54.0