5.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Jiayi Li lijiayi@kylinos.cn
commit 99d7ab8db9d8230b243f5ed20ba0229e54cc0dfa upstream.
The existing memstick core patch: commit 62c59a8786e6 ("memstick: Skip allocating card when removing host") sets host->removing in memstick_remove_host(),but still exists a critical time window where memstick_check can run after host->eject is set but before removing is set.
In the rtsx_usb_ms driver, the problematic sequence is:
rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove: memstick_check: host->eject = true cancel_work_sync(handle_req) if(!host->removing) ... memstick_alloc_card() memstick_set_rw_addr() memstick_new_req() rtsx_usb_ms_request() if(!host->eject) skip schedule_work wait_for_completion() memstick_remove_host: [blocks indefinitely] host->removing = true flush_workqueue() [block]
1. rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove sets host->eject = true 2. cancel_work_sync(&host->handle_req) runs 3. memstick_check work may be executed here <-- danger window 4. memstick_remove_host sets removing = 1
During this window (step 3), memstick_check calls memstick_alloc_card, which may indefinitely waiting for mrq_complete completion that will never occur because rtsx_usb_ms_request sees eject=true and skips scheduling work, memstick_set_rw_addr waits forever for completion.
This causes a deadlock when memstick_remove_host tries to flush_workqueue, waiting for memstick_check to complete, while memstick_check is blocked waiting for mrq_complete completion.
Fix this by setting removing=true at the start of rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove, before any work cancellation. This ensures memstick_check will see the removing flag immediately and exit early, avoiding the deadlock.
Fixes: 62c59a8786e6 ("memstick: Skip allocating card when removing host") Signed-off-by: Jiayi Li lijiayi@kylinos.cn Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250804013604.1311218-1-lijiayi@kylinos.cn Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson ulf.hansson@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c | 1 - drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c +++ b/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c @@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memstick_add_host); */ void memstick_remove_host(struct memstick_host *host) { - host->removing = 1; flush_workqueue(workqueue); mutex_lock(&host->lock); if (host->card) --- a/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c +++ b/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c @@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ static int rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove(struct int err;
host->eject = true; + msh->removing = true; cancel_work_sync(&host->handle_req); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&host->poll_card);