linux-kernel - [PATCH] rtc: fix use-after-free on device removal

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Message-ID: <20211210160951.7718-1-vincent.whitchurch@axis.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:09:51 +0100
From:   Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>
To:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
CC:     <kernel@...s.com>,
        Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>,
        <linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] rtc: fix use-after-free on device removal

If the irqwork is still scheduled or running while the RTC device is
removed, a use-after-free occurs in rtc_timer_do_work().  Cleanup the
timerqueue and ensure the work is stopped to fix this.

 BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mutex_lock+0x94/0x110
 Write of size 8 at addr ffffff801d846338 by task kworker/3:1/41

 Workqueue: events rtc_timer_do_work
 Call trace:
  mutex_lock+0x94/0x110
  rtc_timer_do_work+0xec/0x630
  process_one_work+0x5fc/0x1344
  ...

 Allocated by task 551:
  kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x384/0x6e0
  devm_rtc_allocate_device+0xf0/0x574
  devm_rtc_device_register+0x2c/0x12c
  ...

 Freed by task 572:
  kfree+0x114/0x4d0
  rtc_device_release+0x64/0x80
  device_release+0x8c/0x1f4
  kobject_put+0x1c4/0x4b0
  put_device+0x20/0x30
  devm_rtc_release_device+0x1c/0x30
  devm_action_release+0x54/0x90
  release_nodes+0x124/0x310
  devres_release_group+0x170/0x240
  i2c_device_remove+0xd8/0x314
  ...

 Last potentially related work creation:
  insert_work+0x5c/0x330
  queue_work_on+0xcc/0x154
  rtc_set_time+0x188/0x5bc
  rtc_dev_ioctl+0x2ac/0xbd0
  ...

Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>
---
 drivers/rtc/class.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
index 4b460c61f1d8..40d504dac1a9 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ struct class *rtc_class;
 static void rtc_device_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct rtc_device *rtc = to_rtc_device(dev);
+	struct timerqueue_head *head = &rtc->timerqueue;
+	struct timerqueue_node *node;
+
+	mutex_lock(&rtc->ops_lock);
+	while ((node = timerqueue_getnext(head)))
+		timerqueue_del(head, node);
+	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
+
+	cancel_work_sync(&rtc->irqwork);

 	ida_simple_remove(&rtc_ida, rtc->id);
 	mutex_destroy(&rtc->ops_lock);
-- 
2.33.1