33a7813219
Fix a potential deadlock if disconnect races with open.
Since commit d4ead16f50f9 ("USB: prevent char device open/deregister
race") core holds an rw-semaphore while open is called and when
releasing the minor number during deregistration. This can lead to an
ABBA deadlock if a driver takes a lock in open which it also holds
during deregistration.
This effectively reverts commit 78663ecc344b ("USB: disconnect open race
in legousbtower") which needlessly introduced this issue after a generic
fix for this race had been added to core by commit d4ead16f50f9 ("USB:
prevent char device open/deregister race").
Fixes: 78663ecc344b ("USB: disconnect open race in legousbtower")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 2.6.24
Reported-by: syzbot+f9549f5ee8a5416f0b95@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Tested-by: syzbot+f9549f5ee8a5416f0b95@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190919083039.30898-3-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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