[PATCH v2 2/3] bus: mhi: ep: Add mhi_cntrl->flush_async() callback to flush the async read/write

Manivannan Sadhasivam <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:08:33 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.mhi,org.kernel.vger.dmaengine,org.kernel.vger.linux-arm-msm,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pci
Message-ID <[email protected]>
MHI EP stack makes use of the MHI controller drivers like MHI EPF to do
read/write to the host memory. And that driver is free to use mechanisms
like DMA to offload the read/write operations.

So if DMA is used for offload, then there is no guarantee that those DMA
operations would be completed by the time mhi_ep_remove() gets called. This
can lead to UAF (Use-After-Free) issues as the DMA callback can trigger
xfer_cb() even after mhi_ep_remove() has returned.

So to fix this issue, introduce the mhi_cntrl->flush_async() callback and
call it in mhi_ep_remove() before setting xfer_cb to NULL.

Note that flush_async() blocks until all the in-flight async transfers are
completed, so calling it with the chan->lock held would needlessly stall
the transfer paths on that channel for the whole duration of the drain. So
drop chan->lock around the flush and clear xfer_cb() only afterwards, once
all the pending completions are drained.

Cc: <[email protected]> # Needs dmaengine driver fix as well
Fixes: 2547beb00ddb ("bus: mhi: ep: Add support for async DMA read operation")
Fixes: ee08acb58fe4 ("bus: mhi: ep: Add support for async DMA write operation")
Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c | 7 +++++++
 include/linux/mhi_ep.h    | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
index 0277e1ab1198..329a4855d397 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
@@ -1612,6 +1612,7 @@ static void mhi_ep_remove(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct mhi_ep_device *mhi_dev = to_mhi_ep_device(dev);
 	struct mhi_ep_driver *mhi_drv = to_mhi_ep_driver(dev->driver);
+	struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl = mhi_dev->mhi_cntrl;
 	struct mhi_result result = {};
 	struct mhi_ep_chan *mhi_chan;
 	int dir;
@@ -1636,6 +1637,12 @@ static void mhi_ep_remove(struct device *dev)
 		}
 
 		mhi_chan->state = MHI_CH_STATE_DISABLED;
+		mutex_unlock(&mhi_chan->lock);
+
+		if (mhi_cntrl->flush_async)
+			mhi_cntrl->flush_async(mhi_cntrl);
+
+		mutex_lock(&mhi_chan->lock);
 		mhi_chan->xfer_cb = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&mhi_chan->lock);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/mhi_ep.h b/include/linux/mhi_ep.h
index 7b40fc8cbe77..f6383a57a872 100644
--- a/include/linux/mhi_ep.h
+++ b/include/linux/mhi_ep.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct mhi_ep_buf_info {
  * @write_sync: CB function for writing to host memory synchronously
  * @read_async: CB function for reading from host memory asynchronously
  * @write_async: CB function for writing to host memory asynchronously
+ * @flush_async: CB function for flushing asynchronous read/writes
  * @mhi_state: MHI Endpoint state
  * @max_chan: Maximum channels supported by the endpoint controller
  * @mru: MRU (Maximum Receive Unit) value of the endpoint controller
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ struct mhi_ep_cntrl {
 	int (*write_sync)(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl, struct mhi_ep_buf_info *buf_info);
 	int (*read_async)(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl, struct mhi_ep_buf_info *buf_info);
 	int (*write_async)(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl, struct mhi_ep_buf_info *buf_info);
+	void (*flush_async)(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl);
 
 	enum mhi_state mhi_state;
 

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