Forwarded: [PATCH] tty: protect break handling against disconnect
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Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 23:44:30 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] tty: protect break handling against disconnect
Author: adrianox@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test
Both a timed break (TCSBRK/TCSBRKP) and the unconditional TIOCSBRK/
TIOCCBRK break_ctl() calls can race against hangup and be issued for a
tty whose driver data is gone, causing a use-after-free or NULL-pointer
dereference in the driver.
Check the tty hung-up state before every break_ctl() call in the tty
core, and return -ENODEV in serial_break() once the device is no longer
attached, like serial_write() already does.
---
drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 48569035da56..272f2839acdb 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2429,6 +2429,7 @@ static int tiocgetd(struct tty_struct *tty, int __user *p)
/**
* send_break - performed time break
+ * @file: file object
* @tty: device to break on
* @duration: timeout in mS
*
@@ -2438,13 +2439,16 @@ static int tiocgetd(struct tty_struct *tty, int __user *p)
* Locking:
* @tty->atomic_write_lock serializes
*/
-static int send_break(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int duration)
+static int send_break(struct file *file, struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int duration)
{
int retval;
if (tty->ops->break_ctl == NULL)
return 0;
+ if (tty_hung_up_p(file))
+ return -EIO;
+
if (tty->driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_HARDWARE_BREAK)
return tty->ops->break_ctl(tty, duration);
@@ -2455,7 +2459,10 @@ static int send_break(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int duration)
retval = tty->ops->break_ctl(tty, -1);
if (!retval) {
msleep_interruptible(duration);
- retval = tty->ops->break_ctl(tty, 0);
+ if (tty_hung_up_p(file))
+ retval = -EIO;
+ else
+ retval = tty->ops->break_ctl(tty, 0);
} else if (retval == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
/* some drivers can tell only dynamically */
retval = 0;
@@ -2714,10 +2721,14 @@ long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
* Break handling
*/
case TIOCSBRK: /* Turn break on, unconditionally */
+ if (tty_hung_up_p(file))
+ return -EIO;
if (tty->ops->break_ctl)
return tty->ops->break_ctl(tty, -1);
return 0;
case TIOCCBRK: /* Turn break off, unconditionally */
+ if (tty_hung_up_p(file))
+ return -EIO;
if (tty->ops->break_ctl)
return tty->ops->break_ctl(tty, 0);
return 0;
@@ -2727,10 +2738,10 @@ long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
* This is used by the tcdrain() termios function.
*/
if (!arg)
- return send_break(tty, 250);
+ return send_break(file, tty, 250);
return 0;
case TCSBRKP: /* support for POSIX tcsendbreak() */
- return send_break(tty, arg ? arg*100 : 250);
+ return send_break(file, tty, arg ? arg * 100 : 250);
case TIOCMGET:
return tty_tiocmget(tty, p);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 17edc057a311..5f42bfe39212 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -532,6 +532,9 @@ static int serial_break(struct tty_struct *tty, int break_state)
{
struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
+ if (port->serial->dev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
dev_dbg(&port->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
if (port->serial->type->break_ctl)
--
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