linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/6] spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer in tegra_qspi_combined_seq

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Message-Id: <20260116-tegra_xfer-v1-4-02d96c790619@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:41:44 -0800
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>, 
 Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>, 
 Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@...dia.com>, 
 Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 
 Vishwaroop A <va@...dia.com>
Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, kernel-team@...a.com, puranjay@...nel.org, 
 usamaarif642@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer in
 tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer

The curr_xfer field is read by the IRQ handler without holding the lock
to check if a transfer is in progress. When clearing curr_xfer in the
combined sequence transfer loop, protect it with the spinlock to prevent
a race with the interrupt handler.

Protect the curr_xfer clearing at the exit path of
tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer() with the spinlock to prevent a race
with the interrupt handler that reads this field.

Without this protection, the IRQ handler could read a partially updated
curr_xfer value, leading to NULL pointer dereference or use-after-free.

Fixes: b4e002d8a7ce ("spi: tegra210-quad: Fix timeout handling")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
index 15c110c00aca..669e01d3f56a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ static int tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi,
 	u32 address_value = 0;
 	u32 cmd_config = 0, addr_config = 0;
 	u8 cmd_value = 0, val = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* Enable Combined sequence mode */
 	val = tegra_qspi_readl(tqspi, QSPI_GLOBAL_CONFIG);
@@ -1264,13 +1265,17 @@ static int tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi,
 			tegra_qspi_transfer_end(spi);
 			spi_transfer_delay_exec(xfer);
 		}
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&tqspi->lock, flags);
 		tqspi->curr_xfer = NULL;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
 		transfer_phase++;
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 
 exit:
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tqspi->lock, flags);
 	tqspi->curr_xfer = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
 	msg->status = ret;
 
 	return ret;

-- 
2.47.3