[PATCH] phy: renesas: rcar-gen3-usb2: Fix use-after-free in rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_remove due to race condition

Pei Xiao <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 16:01:36 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-renesas-soc,org.infradead.lists.linux-phy,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <d265021fb7fe432e32eedbe9e075fb041c15cbe6.1785830417.git.xiaopei01@kylinos.cn>
In rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_probe, &channel->work is bound with
rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_work. rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_irq can schedule this work
on system_wq via rcar_gen3_device_recognition(), and the role sysfs
store can also schedule it via rcar_gen3_init_for_host() /
rcar_gen3_init_for_peri().

If we remove the device, rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_remove makes cleanup and
the memory allocated for channel with devm_kzalloc() is released by
the devm cleanup 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:

CPU0                                      CPU1

                                          | rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_irq
                                          | rcar_gen3_device_recognition
                                          | rcar_gen3_init_for_host
                                          | schedule_work(&ch->work)
rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_remove                 |
device_remove_file(&pdev->dev,            |
                   &dev_attr_role)        |
// remove returns                         |
// devm cleanup: free_irq,                |
// kfree(channel)                         |
                                          | rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_work
                                          | // use ch (use-after-free)

Fix it by disabling the OTG interrupts, so the IRQ handler cannot
schedule new work, and canceling the work before the remaining cleanup
in rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_remove and the devm release of channel.

Fixes: c14f8a4032ef ("phy: rcar-gen3-usb2: fix mutex_lock calling in interrupt")
Assisted-by: Codex:deepseek-v4-flash
Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/phy/renesas/phy-rcar-gen3-usb2.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/phy/renesas/phy-rcar-gen3-usb2.c b/drivers/phy/renesas/phy-rcar-gen3-usb2.c
index 9a45d840efeb..fa0e680a4b91 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/renesas/phy-rcar-gen3-usb2.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/renesas/phy-rcar-gen3-usb2.c
@@ -1067,8 +1067,16 @@ static void rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct rcar_gen3_chan *channel = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	if (channel->is_otg_channel)
+	if (channel->is_otg_channel) {
+		/* Disable OTG interrupts so the IRQ handler cannot
+		 * schedule new work.
+		 */
+		rcar_gen3_control_otg_irq(channel, 0);
+
 		device_remove_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_role);
+
+		cancel_work_sync(&channel->work);
+	}
 }
 
 static int rcar_gen3_phy_usb2_suspend(struct device *dev)
-- 
2.25.1