[PATCH v1] USB: sisusbvga: avoid initializing device in open

From: Ayush

Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 15:37:15 EST


The USB core holds minor_rwsem while invoking a USB character
device's open callback. sisusb_open() can currently initialize the
device while holding sisusb->lock, and that initialization performs
synchronous USB I/O.

High-speed devices are already initialized during probe. Treat a
probe-time initialization failure as a probe failure instead of
retrying initialization from open, so the open callback no longer
performs blocking device initialization.

Reported-by: syzbot+3bc656a9271e7c8a5c6b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3bc656a9271e7c8a5c6b
Signed-off-by: Ayush <ayush37735@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c | 29 ++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c
index 3e75a7c24828..6723a65b12b8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c
@@ -2223,20 +2223,10 @@ static int sisusb_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}

if (!sisusb->devinit) {
- if (sisusb->sisusb_dev->speed == USB_SPEED_HIGH ||
- sisusb->sisusb_dev->speed >= USB_SPEED_SUPER) {
- if (sisusb_init_gfxdevice(sisusb, 0)) {
- mutex_unlock(&sisusb->lock);
- dev_err(&sisusb->sisusb_dev->dev,
- "Failed to initialize device\n");
- return -EIO;
- }
- } else {
- mutex_unlock(&sisusb->lock);
- dev_err(&sisusb->sisusb_dev->dev,
- "Device not attached to USB 2.0 hub\n");
- return -EIO;
- }
+ mutex_unlock(&sisusb->lock);
+ dev_err(&sisusb->sisusb_dev->dev,
+ "Device not initialized\n");
+ return -EIO;
}

/* Increment usage count for our sisusb */
@@ -2880,9 +2870,16 @@ static int sisusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,

if (dev->speed == USB_SPEED_HIGH || dev->speed >= USB_SPEED_SUPER) {
int initscreen = 1;
- if (sisusb_init_gfxdevice(sisusb, initscreen))
+
+ if (sisusb_init_gfxdevice(sisusb, initscreen)) {
dev_err(&sisusb->sisusb_dev->dev,
- "Failed to early initialize device\n");
+ "Failed to early initialize device\n");
+ sisusb->present = 0;
+ usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
+ usb_put_dev(sisusb->sisusb_dev);
+ retval = -EIO;
+ goto error_4;
+ }

} else
dev_info(&sisusb->sisusb_dev->dev,
--
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