linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] iio: adc: xilinx: fix potential use-after-free on probe

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Date:   Sat, 16 Mar 2019 15:49:21 +0000
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
Cc:     Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Manish Narani <manish.narani@...inx.com>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] iio: adc: xilinx: fix potential use-after-free on
 probe

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:58:25 -0400
Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com> wrote:

> If probe errors out after request_irq(), its error path
> does not explicitly cancel the delayed work, which may
> have been scheduled by the interrupt handler.
> 
> This means the delayed work may still be running when
> the core frees the private structure (struct xadc).
> This is a potential use-after-free.
> 
> Fix by inserting cancel_delayed_work_sync() in the probe
> error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@...il.com>
Again, seems fine to me.

Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git.

thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c
> index 1960694e8007..15e1a103f37d 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c
> @@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@ static int xadc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  err_free_irq:
>  	free_irq(xadc->irq, indio_dev);
> +	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&xadc->zynq_unmask_work);
>  err_clk_disable_unprepare:
>  	clk_disable_unprepare(xadc->clk);
>  err_free_samplerate_trigger: