printer_open() returns -EBUSY when the character device is already
open, but it increments dev->kref regardless of the return value. VFS
does not call ->release() for a failed open, so every rejected second
open permanently leaks one reference.
Move kref_get() into the successful-open branch.
Fixes: e8d5f92b8d30 ("usb: gadget: function: printer: fix use-after-free in __lock_acquire")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Xu Rao <raoxu@uniontech.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/80295742B820DA9B+20260626064617.4090626-1-raoxu@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
ret = 0;
/* Change the printer status to show that it's on-line. */
dev->printer_status |= PRINTER_SELECTED;
+ kref_get(&dev->kref);
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, flags);
- kref_get(&dev->kref);
-
return ret;
}