In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

leds: class: Protect brightness_show() with led_cdev->led_access mutex

There is NULL pointer issue observed if from Process A where hid device
being added which results in adding a led_cdev addition and later a
another call to access of led_cdev attribute from Process B can result
in NULL pointer issue.

Use mutex led_cdev->led_access to protect access to led->cdev and its
attribute inside brightness_show() and max_brightness_show() and also
update the comment for mutex that it should be used to protect the led
class device fields.

Process A 				Process B

kthread+0x114
worker_thread+0x244
process_scheduled_works+0x248
uhid_device_add_worker+0x24
hid_add_device+0x120
device_add+0x268
bus_probe_device+0x94
device_initial_probe+0x14
__device_attach+0xfc
bus_for_each_drv+0x10c
__device_attach_driver+0x14c
driver_probe_device+0x3c
__driver_probe_device+0xa0
really_probe+0x190
hid_device_probe+0x130
ps_probe+0x990
ps_led_register+0x94
devm_led_classdev_register_ext+0x58
led_classdev_register_ext+0x1f8
device_create_with_groups+0x48
device_create_groups_vargs+0xc8
device_add+0x244
kobject_uevent+0x14
kobject_uevent_env[jt]+0x224
mutex_unlock[jt]+0xc4
__mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xd4
wake_up_q+0x70
try_to_wake_up[jt]+0x48c
preempt_schedule_common+0x28
__schedule+0x628
__switch_to+0x174

					el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
					el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
					el0_svc+0x38/0x68
					do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
					el0_svc_common+0x80/0xe0
					invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114
					__arm64_sys_read+0x1c/0x2c
					ksys_read+0x78/0xe8
					vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8
					kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x68/0x1b4
					seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec
					kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x54
					sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xb4/0x130
					dev_attr_show+0x38/0x74
					brightness_show+0x20/0x4c
					dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74

[ 3313.874295][ T4013] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000060
[ 3313.874301][ T4013] Mem abort info:
[ 3313.874303][ T4013] ESR = 0x0000000096000006
[ 3313.874305][ T4013] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 3313.874307][ T4013] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 3313.874309][ T4013] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 3313.874311][ T4013] FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
[ 3313.874313][ T4013] Data abort info:
[ 3313.874314][ T4013] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 3313.874316][ T4013] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 3313.874318][ T4013] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 3313.874320][ T4013] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008f2b0a000
..

[ 3313.874332][ T4013] Dumping ftrace buffer:
[ 3313.874334] T4013
..
..
[ dd3313.874639][ T4013] CPU: 6 PID: 4013 Comm: InputReader
[ 3313.874648][ T4013] pc : dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74
[ 3313.874653][ T4013] lr : led_update_brightness+0x38/0x60
[ 3313.874656][ T4013] sp : ffffffc0b910bbd0
..
..
[ 3313.874685][ T4013] Call trace:
[ 3313.874687][ T4013] dualshock4_led_get_brightness+0xc/0x74
[ 3313.874690][ T4013] brightness_show+0x20/0x4c
[ 3313.874692][ T4013] dev_attr_show+0x38/0x74
[ 3313.874696][ T4013] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xb4/0x130
[ 3313.874700][ T4013] kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x54
[ 3313.874703][ T4013] seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec
[ 3313.874705][ T4013] kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x68/0x1b4
[ 3313.874708][ T4013] vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8
[ 3313.874711][ T4013] ksys_read+0x78/0xe8
[ 3313.874714][ T4013] __arm64_sys_read+0x1c/0x2c
[ 3313.874718][ T4013] invoke_syscall+0x58/0x114
[ 3313.874721][ T4013] el0_svc_common+0x80/0xe0
[ 3313.874724][ T4013] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[ 3313.874727][ T4013] el0_svc+0x38/0x68
[ 3313.874730][ T4013] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
[ 3313.874732][ T4013] el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac