[PATCH] i2c: fix use-after-free in debugfs directory during adapter removal
Yun Zhou <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:58:53 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-i2c,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Move debugfs_remove_recursive() after device_unregister() in i2c_del_adapter() to fix a race condition where a new i2c device probe can access the adapter's already-freed debugfs dentry. The race occurs when: 1. i2c_del_adapter() calls debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs), freeing the debugfs dentry. 2. Before device_unregister() completes, another thread writes to the sysfs 'new_device' attribute, triggering i2c_device_probe(). 3. i2c_device_probe() calls debugfs_create_dir() with the stale adapter->debugfs pointer, causing a GPF in start_dirop() when trying to lock the freed inode. Reported-by: [email protected] Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1e3d934ee3cff1ac188b Fixes: 73febd775bdb ("i2c: create debugfs entry per adapter") Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <[email protected]> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c index 3ec04787a737..9b0f3c783e9c 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c @@ -1826,8 +1826,6 @@ void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap) i2c_host_notify_irq_teardown(adap); - debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs); - /* wait until all references to the device are gone * * FIXME: This is old code and should ideally be replaced by an @@ -1839,6 +1837,8 @@ void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap) device_unregister(&adap->dev); wait_for_completion(&adap->dev_released); + debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs); + /* free bus id */ mutex_lock(&core_lock); idr_remove(&i2c_adapter_idr, adap->nr); -- 2.43.0