APPLIED[Bionic]: [SRU] [B/C] [PATCH 0/1] Fix null pointer dereference when xHCI gets unplugged
Kleber Souza
kleber.souza at canonical.com
Tue May 15 13:19:12 UTC 2018
On 05/14/18 10:21, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768852
>
> [Impact]
> When unplugging the Thunderbolt 3 cable from the TBT controller, kernel
> oops.
>
> [Test]
> The user confirms this patch works.
>
> [Fix]
> tty_unregister_driver may be called more than 1 time in some
> hotplug cases,it will cause the kernel oops. This patch checked
> dbc_tty_driver to make sure it is unregistered only 1 time.
>
> [Regression Potential]
> Low. The change is to guard against null pointer, so it's the correct
> behavior.
>
> Zhengjun Xing (1):
> xhci: Fix Kernel oops in xhci dbgtty
>
> drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgtty.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
Applied to bionic/master-next branch.
Thanks,
Kleber
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