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Message-ID: <0f358cc9-c8cf-4fd9-80d5-b524cc5b6c3c@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:07:29 +0200
From: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>
To: Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
 Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Huhardeaux <tech@...tai.net>,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fbdev/simplefb: Fix use after free in
 simplefb_detach_genpds()

Hi Janne,

On 8-Sep-25 11:23 PM, Janne Grunau wrote:
> The pm_domain cleanup can not be devres managed as it uses struct
> simplefb_par which is allocated within struct fb_info by
> framebuffer_alloc(). This allocation is explicitly freed by
> unregister_framebuffer() in simplefb_remove().
> Devres managed cleanup runs after the device remove call and thus can no
> longer access struct simplefb_par.
> Call simplefb_detach_genpds() explicitly from simplefb_destroy() like
> the cleanup functions for clocks and regulators.
> 
> Fixes an use after free on M2 Mac mini during
> aperture_remove_conflicting_devices() using the downstream asahi kernel
> with Debian's kernel config. For unknown reasons this started to
> consistently dereference an invalid pointer in v6.16.3 based kernels.

Thank you for your patch.

This patch seems to miss adding a simplefb_detach_genpds()
on error-exit from simplefb_probe() after a successful
simplefb_attach_genpds() call ?

Regards,

Hans




> 
> [    6.736134] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in simplefb_detach_genpds+0x58/0x220
> [    6.743545] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8000304743f0 by task (udev-worker)/227
> [    6.750697]
> [    6.752182] CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 227 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G S                  6.16.3-asahi+ #16 PREEMPTLAZY
> [    6.752186] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC
> [    6.752187] Hardware name: Apple Mac mini (M2, 2023) (DT)
> [    6.752189] Call trace:
> [    6.752190]  show_stack+0x34/0x98 (C)
> [    6.752194]  dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x80
> [    6.752197]  print_report+0x17c/0x4d8
> [    6.752201]  kasan_report+0xb4/0x100
> [    6.752206]  __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x20/0x30
> [    6.752209]  simplefb_detach_genpds+0x58/0x220
> [    6.752213]  devm_action_release+0x50/0x98
> [    6.752216]  release_nodes+0xd0/0x2c8
> [    6.752219]  devres_release_all+0xfc/0x178
> [    6.752221]  device_unbind_cleanup+0x28/0x168
> [    6.752224]  device_release_driver_internal+0x34c/0x470
> [    6.752228]  device_release_driver+0x20/0x38
> [    6.752231]  bus_remove_device+0x1b0/0x380
> [    6.752234]  device_del+0x314/0x820
> [    6.752238]  platform_device_del+0x3c/0x1e8
> [    6.752242]  platform_device_unregister+0x20/0x50
> [    6.752246]  aperture_detach_platform_device+0x1c/0x30
> [    6.752250]  aperture_detach_devices+0x16c/0x290
> [    6.752253]  aperture_remove_conflicting_devices+0x34/0x50
> ...
> [    6.752343]
> [    6.967409] Allocated by task 62:
> [    6.970724]  kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70
> [    6.974560]  kasan_save_track+0x20/0x40
> [    6.978397]  kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x58
> [    6.982670]  __kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0xd8
> [    6.986420]  __kmalloc_noprof+0x194/0x540
> [    6.990432]  framebuffer_alloc+0xc8/0x130
> [    6.994444]  simplefb_probe+0x258/0x2378
> ...
> [    7.054356]
> [    7.055838] Freed by task 227:
> [    7.058891]  kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x70
> [    7.062727]  kasan_save_track+0x20/0x40
> [    7.066565]  kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x80
> [    7.070751]  __kasan_slab_free+0x6c/0xa0
> [    7.074675]  kfree+0x10c/0x380
> [    7.077727]  framebuffer_release+0x5c/0x90
> [    7.081826]  simplefb_destroy+0x1b4/0x2c0
> [    7.085837]  put_fb_info+0x98/0x100
> [    7.089326]  unregister_framebuffer+0x178/0x320
> [    7.093861]  simplefb_remove+0x3c/0x60
> [    7.097611]  platform_remove+0x60/0x98
> [    7.101361]  device_remove+0xb8/0x160
> [    7.105024]  device_release_driver_internal+0x2fc/0x470
> [    7.110256]  device_release_driver+0x20/0x38
> [    7.114529]  bus_remove_device+0x1b0/0x380
> [    7.118628]  device_del+0x314/0x820
> [    7.122116]  platform_device_del+0x3c/0x1e8
> [    7.126302]  platform_device_unregister+0x20/0x50
> [    7.131012]  aperture_detach_platform_device+0x1c/0x30
> [    7.136157]  aperture_detach_devices+0x16c/0x290
> [    7.140779]  aperture_remove_conflicting_devices+0x34/0x50
> ...
> 
> Reported-by: Daniel Huhardeaux <tech@...tai.net>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 92a511a568e44 ("fbdev/simplefb: Add support for generic power-domains")
> Signed-off-by: Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - reworked change due to missed use of `par->num_genpds` before setting
>   it. Missed in testing due to FB_SIMPLE vs. SYSFB_SIMPLEFB.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250901-simplefb-genpd-uaf-v1-1-0d9f3a34c4dc@jannau.net
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
> index 1893815dc67f4c1403eea42c0e10a7ead4d96ba9..2f3e5449509d1824a3d26f73e103af82d56d558a 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
> @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct simplefb_par {
>  
>  static void simplefb_clocks_destroy(struct simplefb_par *par);
>  static void simplefb_regulators_destroy(struct simplefb_par *par);
> +static void simplefb_detach_genpds(void *res);
>  
>  /*
>   * fb_ops.fb_destroy is called by the last put_fb_info() call at the end
> @@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ static void simplefb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
>  
>  	simplefb_regulators_destroy(info->par);
>  	simplefb_clocks_destroy(info->par);
> +	simplefb_detach_genpds(info->par);
>  	if (info->screen_base)
>  		iounmap(info->screen_base);
>  
> @@ -451,7 +453,7 @@ static int simplefb_attach_genpds(struct simplefb_par *par,
>  				  struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> -	unsigned int i;
> +	unsigned int i, num_genpds;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	err = of_count_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "power-domains",
> @@ -465,26 +467,33 @@ static int simplefb_attach_genpds(struct simplefb_par *par,
>  		return err;
>  	}
>  
> -	par->num_genpds = err;
> +	num_genpds = err;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Single power-domain devices are handled by the driver core, so
>  	 * nothing to do here.
>  	 */
> -	if (par->num_genpds <= 1)
> +	if (num_genpds <= 1)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	par->genpds = devm_kcalloc(dev, par->num_genpds, sizeof(*par->genpds),
> +	par->genpds = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_genpds, sizeof(*par->genpds),
>  				   GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!par->genpds)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	par->genpd_links = devm_kcalloc(dev, par->num_genpds,
> +	par->genpd_links = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_genpds,
>  					sizeof(*par->genpd_links),
>  					GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!par->genpd_links)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Set par->num_genpds only after genpds and genpd_links are allocated
> +	 * to exit early from simplefb_detach_genpds() without full
> +	 * initialisation.
> +	 */
> +	par->num_genpds = num_genpds;
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < par->num_genpds; i++) {
>  		par->genpds[i] = dev_pm_domain_attach_by_id(dev, i);
>  		if (IS_ERR(par->genpds[i])) {
> @@ -506,9 +515,10 @@ static int simplefb_attach_genpds(struct simplefb_par *par,
>  			dev_warn(dev, "failed to link power-domain %u\n", i);
>  	}
>  
> -	return devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, simplefb_detach_genpds, par);
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  #else
> +static void simplefb_detach_genpds(void *res) { }
>  static int simplefb_attach_genpds(struct simplefb_par *par,
>  				  struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585
> change-id: 20250901-simplefb-genpd-uaf-352704761a29
> 
> Best regards,


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