ChangeSet 1.1371.759.18, 2004/04/23 16:20:07-07:00, baldrick@free.fr [PATCH] USB usbfs: missing lock in proc_getdriver Hi Oliver, > I expect it to rarely matter, but it might matter now and then. It's > just a question of hygiene. If you are using a temporary buffer I'd > like to see it used to full advantage. So either drop the lock or do > a direct copy. I'd prefer the first option your patch implemented. I agree. Greg, please consider applying the updated patch: Protect against driver binding changes while reading the driver name. drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c --- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c Fri May 14 15:33:25 2004 +++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c Fri May 14 15:33:25 2004 @@ -708,13 +708,15 @@ return -EFAULT; if ((ret = findintfif(ps->dev, gd.interface)) < 0) return ret; + down_read(&usb_bus_type.subsys.rwsem); interface = ps->dev->actconfig->interface[ret]; - if (!interface->dev.driver) + if (!interface || !interface->dev.driver) { + up_read(&usb_bus_type.subsys.rwsem); return -ENODATA; + } strncpy(gd.driver, interface->dev.driver->name, sizeof(gd.driver)); - if (copy_to_user(arg, &gd, sizeof(gd))) - return -EFAULT; - return 0; + up_read(&usb_bus_type.subsys.rwsem); + return copy_to_user(arg, &gd, sizeof(gd)) ? -EFAULT : 0; } static int proc_connectinfo(struct dev_state *ps, void __user *arg)