[PATCH] tty: port: fix tty_port_tty_vhangup() race
From: Johan Hovold
Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 09:00:22 EST
Drivers rely on tty_port_tty_vhangup() to synchronously hang up their
ports before tearing down resources as part of deregistration (e.g. on
physical disconnect).
If tty_port_tty_vhangup() races with another hangup it may however
return before the port has been shut down. This is in turn can lead to
use-after-free and NULL-pointer dereferences in racing ioctls (including
a synchronous hangup) and in processing of racing asynchronous hangups
(carrier loss).
Add the missing serialisation to tty_port_tty_vhangup() and
tty_port_hangup() so that the former does not return until the port has
been shut down also when there is a racing hangup.
Note that serial core does not use tty_port_hangup(), but it already
holds the port mutex when clearing port->tty and shutting down the port
in uart_hangup().
Fixes: 7ca0ff9ab321 ("tty: Add a full port_close function")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.32: 2b5eac0f8c6e: tty: introduce and use tty_port_tty_vhangup() helper
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.32
Reported-by: syzbot+5fabc1ae99ff40690d84@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/6a944641.4d659fcc.734b4.003c.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/tty_port.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
include/linux/tty_port.h | 22 +---------
2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
index ae33987207b6..b22ff9eb7778 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
@@ -340,19 +340,9 @@ void tty_port_tty_set(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_tty_set);
-/**
- * tty_port_shutdown - internal helper to shutdown the device
- * @port: tty port to be shut down
- * @tty: the associated tty
- *
- * It is used by tty_port_hangup() and tty_port_close(). Its task is to
- * shutdown the device if it was initialized (note consoles remain
- * functioning). It lowers DTR/RTS (if @tty has HUPCL set) and invokes
- * @port->ops->shutdown().
- */
-static void tty_port_shutdown(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
+static void tty_port_shutdown_locked(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
{
- guard(mutex)(&port->mutex);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&port->mutex);
if (port->console)
return;
@@ -372,6 +362,23 @@ static void tty_port_shutdown(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
port->ops->shutdown(port);
}
+/**
+ * tty_port_shutdown - internal helper to shutdown the device
+ * @port: tty port to be shut down
+ * @tty: the associated tty
+ *
+ * It is used by tty_port_hangup() and tty_port_close(). Its task is to
+ * shutdown the device if it was initialized (note consoles remain
+ * functioning). It lowers DTR/RTS (if @tty has HUPCL set) and invokes
+ * @port->ops->shutdown().
+ */
+static void tty_port_shutdown(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ guard(mutex)(&port->mutex);
+
+ tty_port_shutdown_locked(port, tty);
+}
+
/**
* tty_port_hangup - hangup helper
* @port: tty port
@@ -385,36 +392,58 @@ void tty_port_hangup(struct tty_port *port)
{
struct tty_struct *tty;
- scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &port->lock) {
- port->count = 0;
- tty = port->tty;
- if (tty)
- set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
- port->tty = NULL;
- }
+ scoped_guard(mutex, &port->mutex) {
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &port->lock) {
+ port->count = 0;
+ tty = port->tty;
+ if (tty)
+ set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
+ port->tty = NULL;
+ }
- tty_port_set_active(port, false);
- tty_port_shutdown(port, tty);
+ tty_port_set_active(port, false);
+ tty_port_shutdown_locked(port, tty);
+ }
tty_kref_put(tty);
wake_up_interruptible(&port->open_wait);
wake_up_interruptible(&port->delta_msr_wait);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_hangup);
-void __tty_port_tty_hangup(struct tty_port *port, bool check_clocal, bool async)
+/**
+ * tty_port_tty_hangup - helper to hang up a tty asynchronously
+ * @port: tty port
+ * @check_clocal: hang only ttys with %CLOCAL unset?
+ */
+void tty_port_tty_hangup(struct tty_port *port, bool check_clocal)
{
scoped_guard(tty_port_tty, port) {
struct tty_struct *tty = scoped_tty();
- if (!check_clocal || !C_CLOCAL(tty)) {
- if (async)
- tty_hangup(tty);
- else
- tty_vhangup(tty);
- }
+ if (!check_clocal || !C_CLOCAL(tty))
+ tty_hangup(tty);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_port_tty_hangup);
+
+/**
+ * tty_port_tty_vhangup - helper to hang up a tty synchronously
+ * @port: tty port
+ */
+void tty_port_tty_vhangup(struct tty_port *port)
+{
+ struct tty_struct *tty;
+
+ mutex_lock(&port->mutex);
+ tty = tty_port_tty_get(port);
+ mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
+
+ if (tty) {
+ tty_vhangup(tty);
+ tty_kref_put(tty);
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__tty_port_tty_hangup);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_port_tty_vhangup);
/**
* tty_port_tty_wakeup - helper to wake up a tty
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_port.h b/include/linux/tty_port.h
index 23cad403bb8f..8d22c59c6f15 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_port.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_port.h
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ bool tty_port_carrier_raised(struct tty_port *port);
void tty_port_raise_dtr_rts(struct tty_port *port);
void tty_port_lower_dtr_rts(struct tty_port *port);
void tty_port_hangup(struct tty_port *port);
-void __tty_port_tty_hangup(struct tty_port *port, bool check_clocal, bool async);
+void tty_port_tty_hangup(struct tty_port *port, bool check_clocal);
+void tty_port_tty_vhangup(struct tty_port *port);
void tty_port_tty_wakeup(struct tty_port *port);
int tty_port_block_til_ready(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty,
struct file *filp);
@@ -264,25 +265,6 @@ static inline int tty_port_users(struct tty_port *port)
return port->count + port->blocked_open;
}
-/**
- * tty_port_tty_hangup - helper to hang up a tty asynchronously
- * @port: tty port
- * @check_clocal: hang only ttys with %CLOCAL unset?
- */
-static inline void tty_port_tty_hangup(struct tty_port *port, bool check_clocal)
-{
- __tty_port_tty_hangup(port, check_clocal, true);
-}
-
-/**
- * tty_port_tty_vhangup - helper to hang up a tty synchronously
- * @port: tty port
- */
-static inline void tty_port_tty_vhangup(struct tty_port *port)
-{
- __tty_port_tty_hangup(port, false, false);
-}
-
#ifdef CONFIG_TTY
void tty_kref_put(struct tty_struct *tty);
__DEFINE_CLASS_IS_CONDITIONAL(tty_port_tty, true);
--
2.55.0