Forwarded: [PATCH] WARNING: ODEBUG bug in vub300_disconnect
From: syzbot
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 21:27:59 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] WARNING: ODEBUG bug in vub300_disconnect
Author: jchuang26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 50d05c7c76c96b90462f24debacca971d2e86713
Reported-by: syzbot+f4a0159ce6802a0a4774@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c b/drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c
index 2dae474dc..9914c8b58 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c
@@ -744,7 +744,11 @@ static void vub300_inactivity_timer_expired(struct timer_list *t)
struct vub300_mmc_host *vub300 = timer_container_of(vub300, t,
inactivity_timer);
if (!vub300->interface) {
- kref_put(&vub300->kref, vub300_delete);
+ /*
+ * The disconnect/error paths have already shut this timer
+ * down, so it can no longer be rearmed or run.
+ */
+ return;
} else if (vub300->cmd) {
mod_timer(&vub300->inactivity_timer, jiffies + HZ);
} else {
@@ -2327,7 +2331,6 @@ static int vub300_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
INIT_WORK(&vub300->deadwork, vub300_deadwork_thread);
kref_init(&vub300->kref);
timer_setup(&vub300->sg_transfer_timer, vub300_sg_timed_out, 0);
- kref_get(&vub300->kref);
timer_setup(&vub300->inactivity_timer,
vub300_inactivity_timer_expired, 0);
vub300->inactivity_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
@@ -2349,6 +2352,13 @@ static int vub300_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
return 0;
err_stop_io:
+ /*
+ * The inactivity timer was armed before mmc_add_host() failed.
+ * Shut it down before dropping the host reference so that its
+ * callback can neither run nor be rearmed after the memory
+ * holding the timer has been freed.
+ */
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&vub300->inactivity_timer);
vub300->interface = NULL;
kref_put(&vub300->kref, vub300_delete);
@@ -2382,6 +2392,13 @@ static void vub300_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
} else {
int ifnum = interface_to_InterfaceNumber(interface);
usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
+ /*
+ * Shut the inactivity timer down before clearing interface.
+ * Otherwise it can be rearmed (by its own callback or by a
+ * concurrent path that already checked interface) and later
+ * fire after the host, which embeds the timer, is freed.
+ */
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&vub300->inactivity_timer);
/* prevent more I/O from starting */
vub300->interface = NULL;
mmc_remove_host(mmc);