Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] PCI: Fix UAF and TOCTOU related to dynamic ID

Masanori Goto <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 12:13:18 +0900
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I'm a "nsp32 folk", which patch version should I take a look at?

Best regards,
Masanori


2026=E5=B9=B47=E6=9C=8829=E6=97=A5(=E6=B0=B4) 1:27 Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@k=
ernel.org>:
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:00:39PM +0100, Gary Guo wrote:
> > While working on improving the Rust abstractions [1], Sashiko reported =
that
> > an existing UAF issue related to dynamic ID, which I find to be genuine=
.
> > When taking a look at the code I also find a TOCTOU issue where the
> > existence check of dynamic ID happens in a separate critical section as=
 the
> > actual insertion. This series fix both issues.
> >
> > There are two exported functions pci_match_id() and pci_add_dynid() whi=
ch I
> > have to tweak to implement this cleanly; I created separate "do_xxx"
> > functions to keep the existing APIs because they all have multiple user=
s.
> >
> > There're a few existing users which stores their pci_device_id argument=
 in
> > probe callback. This is a bad pattern because nothing except driver_dat=
a
> > inside pci_device_id is what they want; actual ID information can be
> > retrieved from pci_dev instead.
> >
> > There are two users that performs pointer arithmetic on the pci_device_=
id;
> > these are also problematic with dynamic ID and driver_override, so fix =
them
> > as well.
> >
> > I've used the following coccinelle script to flag all cases where the
> > pci_device_id is used other than reading its fields.
> >
> > @usage@
> > identifier fn, id;
> > position p;
> > @@
> >   fn(..., struct pci_device_id *id, ...)
> >   {
> >     ...
> >     id@p
> >     ...
> >   }
> >
> > // Due to cocci isomorphism this needs to be explicit
> > @bad@
> > identifier fn, id;
> > type T;
> > position usage.p;
> > @@
> >   fn(..., struct pci_device_id *id, ...)
> >   {
> >     ...
> >     (T*)id@p
> >     ...
> >   }
> >
> > // Good use cases
> > @good@
> > identifier fn, id, fld;
> > expression E;
> > position usage.p;
> > @@
> >   fn(..., struct pci_device_id *id, ...)
> >   {
> >     ...
> > (
> >     id@p->fld
> > |
> >     E(..., id@p, ...)
> > |
> > // Redundant checks, but ignore
> >     !id@p
> > |
> > // Redundant checks, but ignore
> >     id ? ... : ...
> > )
> >     ...
> >   }
> >
> > @script:python depends on usage && (bad || !good)@
> > p << usage.p;
> > @@
> > coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], "suspicious use of pci_device_id")
> >
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260618-id_info-v1-0-96af1e559ef9@ga=
ryguo.net/ [1]
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]=
el.org/ [2]
> >
> > ---
> > Changes in v4:
> > - Code and commit message style fixes (Bjorn)
> > - Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-pci_id_fix-v3-0-2d48fc0=
[email protected]
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Fix users which uses pci_device_id for pointer arithmetic. (Sashiko)
> > - Convert to scoped_guard. (Danilo)
> > - For static IDs, still give out static pointers and avoid making a cop=
y.
> > - Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260630-pci_id_fix-v2-0-b834a98=
[email protected]
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Fix users which store pci_device_id.
> > - Clarify in probe documentation about the lifetime of pci_device_id
> >   parameter.
> > - Dynamic ID conflict check now ignores override_only. (Sashiko)
> > - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260626-pci_id_fix-v1-0-a35c803=
[email protected]
> >
> > ---
> > Gary Guo (9):
> >       ata: ata_generic: don't store pci_device_id
> >       scsi: nsp32: don't store pci_device_id
> >       ipack: tpci200: don't store pci_device_id
> >       mlxsw: pci: don't store pci_device_id
> >       agp/via: Don't rely on address of pci_device_id
> >       agp/amd-k7: Don't rely on address of pci_device_id
> >       PCI: Make pci_match_one_device() match on ID instead of device
> >       PCI: Fix dyn_id add TOCTOU
> >       PCI: Fix UAF when probe runs concurrent to dyn ID removal
> >
> >  drivers/ata/ata_generic.c                 |   6 +-
> >  drivers/char/agp/amd-k7-agp.c             |  26 +--
> >  drivers/char/agp/via-agp.c                | 308 +++++++---------------=
--------
> >  drivers/ipack/carriers/tpci200.c          |   1 -
> >  drivers/ipack/carriers/tpci200.h          |   1 -
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c |  11 +-
> >  drivers/pci/pci-driver.c                  | 194 ++++++++++---------
> >  drivers/pci/pci.h                         |  43 +++--
> >  drivers/pci/search.c                      |   8 +-
> >  drivers/scsi/nsp32.c                      |   8 +-
> >  drivers/scsi/nsp32.h                      |   8 +-
> >  include/linux/pci.h                       |   1 +
> >  12 files changed, 237 insertions(+), 378 deletions(-)
>
> I put this on pci/enumeration and plan it for v7.3, hopefully with
> acks from the AGP, tpci200, and nsp32 folks.