patch "USB: legousbtower: fix potential NULL-deref on disconnect" added to usb-linus

index 773e4188f336..4fa999882635 100644
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct lego_usb_tower {
 	unsigned char		minor;		/* the starting minor number for this device */
 
 	int			open_count;	/* number of times this port has been opened */
+	unsigned long		disconnected:1;
 
 	char*			read_buffer;
 	size_t			read_buffer_length; /* this much came in */

@@ -289,8 +290,6 @@ static inline void lego_usb_tower_debug_data(struct device *dev,
  */
 static inline void tower_delete (struct lego_usb_tower *dev)
 {
-	tower_abort_transfers (dev);
-
 	/* free data structures */
 	usb_free_urb(dev->interrupt_in_urb);
 	usb_free_urb(dev->interrupt_out_urb);

@@ -430,7 +429,8 @@ static int tower_release (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		retval = -ENODEV;
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
-	if (dev->udev == NULL) {
+
+	if (dev->disconnected) {
 		/* the device was unplugged before the file was released */
 
 		/* unlock here as tower_delete frees dev */

@@ -466,10 +466,9 @@ static void tower_abort_transfers (struct lego_usb_tower *dev)
 	if (dev->interrupt_in_running) {
 		dev->interrupt_in_running = 0;
 		mb();
-		if (dev->udev)
-			usb_kill_urb (dev->interrupt_in_urb);
+		usb_kill_urb(dev->interrupt_in_urb);
 	}
-	if (dev->interrupt_out_busy && dev->udev)
+	if (dev->interrupt_out_busy)
 		usb_kill_urb(dev->interrupt_out_urb);
 }
 

@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ static __poll_t tower_poll (struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 
 	dev = file->private_data;
 
-	if (!dev->udev)
+	if (dev->disconnected)
 		return EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
 
 	poll_wait(file, &dev->read_wait, wait);

@@ -552,7 +551,7 @@ static ssize_t tower_read (struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 	}
 
 	/* verify that the device wasn't unplugged */
-	if (dev->udev == NULL) {
+	if (dev->disconnected) {
 		retval = -ENODEV;
 		pr_err("No device or device unplugged %d\n", retval);
 		goto unlock_exit;

@@ -638,7 +637,7 @@ static ssize_t tower_write (struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, size_t
 	}
 
 	/* verify that the device wasn't unplugged */
-	if (dev->udev == NULL) {
+	if (dev->disconnected) {
 		retval = -ENODEV;
 		pr_err("No device or device unplugged %d\n", retval);
 		goto unlock_exit;

@@ -748,7 +747,7 @@ static void tower_interrupt_in_callback (struct urb *urb)
 
 resubmit:
 	/* resubmit if we're still running */
-	if (dev->interrupt_in_running && dev->udev) {
+	if (dev->interrupt_in_running) {
 		retval = usb_submit_urb (dev->interrupt_in_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (retval)
 			dev_err(&dev->udev->dev,

@@ -813,6 +812,7 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, const struct usb_device
 
 	dev->udev = udev;
 	dev->open_count = 0;
+	dev->disconnected = 0;
 
 	dev->read_buffer = NULL;
 	dev->read_buffer_length = 0;

@@ -938,6 +938,10 @@ static void tower_disconnect (struct usb_interface *interface)
 	/* give back our minor and prevent further open() */
 	usb_deregister_dev (interface, &tower_class);
 
+	/* stop I/O */
+	usb_poison_urb(dev->interrupt_in_urb);
+	usb_poison_urb(dev->interrupt_out_urb);
+
 	mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 
 	/* if the device is not opened, then we clean up right now */

@@ -945,7 +949,7 @@ static void tower_disconnect (struct usb_interface *interface)
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 		tower_delete (dev);
 	} else {
-		dev->udev = NULL;
+		dev->disconnected = 1;
 		/* wake up pollers */
 		wake_up_interruptible_all(&dev->read_wait);
 		wake_up_interruptible_all(&dev->write_wait);