[PATCH] USB: serial: keyspan: fix use-after-free in keyspan_close

From: Deepanshu Kartikey

Date: Sun Aug 30 2026 - 22:37:32 EST


keyspan_port_remove() frees the port's private data (p_priv) while
keyspan_close() may still be running concurrently on another task,
e.g. triggered by an explicit TIOCVHANGUP ioctl on an already-open
tty racing with device disconnect. This results in keyspan_close()
dereferencing freed memory.

Fix this by adding a mutex to keyspan_serial_private that serializes
keyspan_close() against keyspan_port_remove(): the latter clears the
port's private data pointer under the lock before freeing it, and
the former re-fetches and checks that pointer under the same lock
before use.

Reported-by: syzbot+5fabc1ae99ff40690d84@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=5fabc1ae99ff40690d84
Tested-by: syzbot+5fabc1ae99ff40690d84@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c b/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c
index 4d3746c7a94e..623f15b51a6a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ struct keyspan_serial_private {
struct urb *glocont_urb;
char *glocont_buf;
char *ctrl_buf; /* for EP0 control message */
+ struct mutex lock; /* protects p_priv vs port_remove races */
};

struct keyspan_port_private {
@@ -1581,8 +1582,15 @@ static void keyspan_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
{
int i;
struct keyspan_port_private *p_priv;
+ struct keyspan_serial_private *s_priv = usb_get_serial_data(port->serial);

+ mutex_lock(&s_priv->lock);
p_priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
+ if (!p_priv) {
+ /* port_remove() already ran and freed this */
+ mutex_unlock(&s_priv->lock);
+ return;
+ }

p_priv->rts_state = 0;
p_priv->dtr_state = 0;
@@ -1599,6 +1607,7 @@ static void keyspan_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
usb_kill_urb(p_priv->in_urbs[i]);
usb_kill_urb(p_priv->out_urbs[i]);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&s_priv->lock);
}

/* download the firmware to a pre-renumeration device */
@@ -2794,7 +2803,7 @@ static int keyspan_startup(struct usb_serial *serial)
s_priv = kzalloc_obj(struct keyspan_serial_private);
if (!s_priv)
return -ENOMEM;
-
+ mutex_init(&s_priv->lock);
s_priv->instat_buf = kzalloc(INSTAT_BUFLEN, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!s_priv->instat_buf)
goto err_instat_buf;
@@ -2971,10 +2980,14 @@ static int keyspan_port_probe(struct usb_serial_port *port)

static void keyspan_port_remove(struct usb_serial_port *port)
{
+ struct keyspan_serial_private *s_priv = usb_get_serial_data(port->serial);
struct keyspan_port_private *p_priv;
int i;

+ mutex_lock(&s_priv->lock);
p_priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
+ usb_set_serial_port_data(port, NULL);
+ mutex_unlock(&s_priv->lock);

usb_kill_urb(p_priv->inack_urb);
usb_kill_urb(p_priv->outcont_urb);
--
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