In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration
A synchronization issue exists during port unregistration where pending partner work items can race against workqueue destruction, leading to use-after-free conditions:
crosecucsi crosecucsi.3.auto: error -ETIMEDOUT: PPM init failed BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 RIP: 0010:__queue_work+0x83/0x4a0 Call Trace: <IRQ> __cfidelayedworktimerfn+0x10/0x10 runtimersoftirq+0x3b6/0xbd0 schedclockcpu+0xc/0x110 irqexitrcu+0x18d/0x330 fredsysvecapictimerinterrupt+0x5e/0x80
Fix this by ensuring strict ordering and proper serialization during teardown:
Switch from moddelayedwork() to a canceldelayedwork() and queuedelayedwork() sequence. This guarantees that items currently marked as pending won't be scheduled an additional time, preventing a double release of resources which leads to the following crash:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000122: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI Workqueue: crosecucsi.3.auto-con2 ucsipollworker RIP: 0010:ucsipollworker+0x65/0x1e0 Call Trace: <TASK> processscheduledworks+0x218/0x6d0 worker_thread+0x188/0x3f0 __cfiworkerthread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0x226/0x2a0
To ensure these rules are applied identically across both the normal teardown and the ucsiinit() error paths, consolidate the cleanup logic into a new helper, ucsiunregister_port().
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"cna_assigner": "Linux",
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