linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:55:37 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Hagar Hemdan <hagarhem@...zon.com>
Cc: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@...zon.de>, Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@...zon.de>, 
	Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@...com>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when
 handling -EPROBE_DEFER

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 10:58 AM Hagar Hemdan <hagarhem@...zon.com> wrote:

> In create_pinctrl(), pinctrl_maps_mutex is acquired before calling
> add_setting(). If add_setting() returns -EPROBE_DEFER, create_pinctrl()
> calls pinctrl_free(). However, pinctrl_free() attempts to acquire
> pinctrl_maps_mutex, which is already held by create_pinctrl(), leading to
> a potential deadlock.
>
> This patch resolves the issue by releasing pinctrl_maps_mutex before
> calling pinctrl_free(), preventing the deadlock.
>
> This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis
> Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc.
>
> Fixes: 42fed7ba44e4 ("pinctrl: move subsystem mutex to pinctrl_dev struct")
> Suggested-by: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@...zon.de>
> Signed-off-by: Hagar Hemdan <hagarhem@...zon.com>

Looks like a real issue so patch applied for fixes.

Yours,
Linus Walleij