linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] USB: legousbtower: fix memleak on disconnect

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:58:35 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Juergen Stuber <starblue@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] USB: legousbtower: fix memleak on disconnect

If disconnect() races with release() after a process has been
interrupted, release() could end up returning early and the driver would
fail to free its driver data.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
index 9d4c52a7ebe0..62dab2441ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
@@ -419,10 +419,7 @@ static int tower_release (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->lock)) {
-	        retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
-		goto exit;
-	}
+	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 
 	if (dev->open_count != 1) {
 		dev_dbg(&dev->udev->dev, "%s: device not opened exactly once\n",
-- 
2.23.0