Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] dmaengine: switchtec-dma: fix use-after-free of swdma_dev in remove()
[email protected] Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:48:03 +0000
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.dmaengine,org.kernel.vger.linux-pci |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider: Pre-existing issues: - [High] DMA coherent buffers and descriptor structures are permanently leaked in `switchtec_dma_free_chan_resources()` if a channel is released after device hot-unplug. - [High] Missing NULL check for the result of `ioremap()` in `switchtec_dma_create()`. -- --- Patch [9]: [PATCH v4 09/12] dmaengine: switchtec-dma: fix use-after-free of swdma_dev in remove() --- commit 07d288b1e2418ad94452e6749769e4b45a0f0978 Author: Logan Gunthorpe <[email protected]> Subject: dmaengine: switchtec-dma: fix use-after-free of swdma_dev in remove() This commit addresses a use-after-free by caching the bar address before unregistering the device. During dma_async_device_unregister(), the last reference to dma_dev can be dropped, synchronously freeing swdma_dev before the original code used it for iounmap(). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/[email protected] > diff --git a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c > index ecf3a44d4dcc4..babb2bcb62084 100644 > --- a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c > +++ b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c > @@ -1393,6 +1393,7 @@ static int switchtec_dma_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, > static void switchtec_dma_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) > { > struct switchtec_dma_dev *swdma_dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); > + void __iomem *bar = swdma_dev->bar; > > switchtec_dma_chans_release(pdev, swdma_dev); > > @@ -1405,7 +1406,7 @@ static void switchtec_dma_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) > > dma_async_device_unregister(&swdma_dev->dma_dev); > > - iounmap(swdma_dev->bar); > + iounmap(bar); > pci_release_mem_regions(pdev); > pci_disable_device(pdev); > } [Severity: High] This is a pre-existing issue, but I noticed a missing NULL check for the result of ioremap() in switchtec_dma_create(): drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c:switchtec_dma_create() { swdma_dev->bar = ioremap(pci_resource_start(pdev, 0), pci_resource_len(pdev, 0)); ... irq = readw(swdma_dev->bar + SWITCHTEC_REG_CHAN_STS_VEC); } If ioremap() fails and returns NULL, could this result in a NULL pointer dereference when we try to read from it? [Severity: High] This is a pre-existing issue, but does this code permanently leak DMA coherent buffers and descriptor structures if a channel is released after device hot-unplug? drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c:halt_channel() { pdev = rcu_dereference(swdma_chan->swdma_dev->pdev); if (!pdev) { ret = -ENODEV; goto unlock_and_exit; } } When pdev is NULL, halt_channel() returns -ENODEV, which propagates to switchtec_dma_chan_stop(). Then in switchtec_dma_free_chan_resources(): rc = switchtec_dma_chan_stop(swdma_chan); switchtec_dma_abort_desc(swdma_chan, 0); if (!rc) switchtec_dma_free_desc(swdma_chan); Since switchtec_dma_chan_stop() returned -ENODEV (which is non-zero), the call to switchtec_dma_free_desc() is skipped. While skipping cleanup might make sense if hardware times out, is this intentional for hot-unplug cases where the hardware is physically absent? -- Sashiko AI review ยท https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/[email protected]?part=9