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[PATCH] usb: gadget: u_audio: Clear uac pointer when freed.
This prevents use of a stale pointer if functions are called after
g_cleanup that shouldn't be. This doesn't fix any races, but converts
a possibly silent kernel memory corruption into an obvious NULL pointer
dereference report.

Fixes: eb9fecb9e69b ("usb: gadget: f_uac2: split out audio core")
Signed-off-by: Chris Wulff <chris.wulff@biamp.com>
---
v1: Split from https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/CO1PR17MB54190B898057616EEB3F9E51E10E2@CO1PR17MB5419.namprd17.prod.outlook.com/

drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c
index c8e8154c59f5..ec1dceb08729 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c
@@ -1419,6 +1419,8 @@ void g_audio_cleanup(struct g_audio *g_audio)
return;

uac = g_audio->uac;
+ g_audio->uac = NULL;
+
card = uac->card;
if (card)
snd_card_free_when_closed(card);
--
2.34.1