Re: [PATCH] mmc: atmel-mci: Fix use-after-free in atmci_remove due to race condition
Pei Xiao <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:41 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-mmc,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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在 2026/8/8 01:23, Aubin Constans 写道:
> On 03/08/2026 11:48, Pei Xiao wrote:
>
>> In atmci_probe, &host->bh_work is bound with atmci_work_func, and>
> atmci_interrupt, atmci_timeout_timer and atmci_dma_complete can all
>> queue this work on system_bh_wq.
>>
>> If we remove the module, atmci_remove makes cleanup and the memory
>> allocated for host with devm_kzalloc() is released after the remove
>> callback returns, while the work mentioned above may still be pending
>> or running. The sequence of operations that may lead to a UAF bug is
>> as follows:
>
> Thank you for having spotted the issue, and sent this fix.
> >
>> CPU0 CPU1
>>
>> | atmci_interrupt
>> | queue_work(system_bh_wq,
>> | &host->bh_work)
>> atmci_remove |
>> atmci_cleanup_slot(...) |
>> atmci_writel(host, ATMCI_IDR, ~0UL) |
>> timer_delete_sync(&host->timer) |
>> dma_release_channel(host->dma.chan) |
>> free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), host) |
>> | atmci_work_func
>> | // use host
>> // devm resources released after |
>> // remove returns, host is freed |
>> | // use host (use-after-free)
>>
>> Fix it by canceling the work after all the sources that can schedule
>> it (IRQ handler, timeout timer and DMA completion callback) have been
>> stopped, and before proceeding with the remaining cleanup in
>> atmci_remove.
>
> For completeness, PDC completion could be added to the above list of
> sources,
> even though it is a subroutine of the IRQ handler.
Yes.I used an IRQ handler instead here.
> PDC and DMA are exclusive.
>
> Mentioning on which board or MPU the patch was tested would also be a
> welcome
> addition.
Sorry, I don't have hardware testing here; I found this issue through
static analysis.
Thanks!
Pei.
>
>>
>> Fixes: 7d2be0749a59 ("atmel-mci: Driver for Atmel on-chip MMC
>> controllers")
>> Assisted-by: Codex:deepseek-v4-flash
>> Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c | 2 ++
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
>> index 3b4928f5b9b2..8f4df250a77a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
>> @@ -2610,6 +2610,8 @@ static void atmci_remove(struct platform_device
>> *pdev)
>>
>> free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), host);
>>
>> + cancel_work_sync(&host->bh_work);
>> +
>> clk_disable_unprepare(host->mck);
>>
>> pm_runtime_disable(dev);
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>