[PATCH v2] tee: fix missing shm reference cleanup in tee_ioctl_supp_recv

Qihang <[email protected]> Tue, 5 May 2026 23:30:41 +0800
Newsgroups org.trustedfirmware.lists.op-tee
Message-ID <[email protected]>
params_from_user() acquires tee_shm references for MEMREF parameters and
expects the caller to release those references with tee_shm_put() during
cleanup.

tee_ioctl_open_session(), tee_ioctl_invoke(), and
tee_ioctl_object_invoke() all do this, but tee_ioctl_supp_recv() only
frees the parameter array and does not drop any acquired shared-memory
references.

Fix this by using a common helper to release MEMREF references before
freeing the parameter array, and apply it to tee_ioctl_supp_recv() as
well.

Signed-off-by: Qihang <[email protected]>
---
v2:
- rename helper to free_params()
- drop alloc_num_params and use num_params directly

 drivers/tee/tee_core.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
index ef9642d72672..8cdf2ec7e74f 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
@@ -530,6 +530,21 @@ static int params_to_user(struct tee_ioctl_param __user *uparams,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void free_params(struct tee_param *params, size_t num_params)
+{
+	size_t n;
+
+	if (!params)
+		return;
+
+	for (n = 0; n < num_params; n++)
+		if (tee_param_is_memref(params + n) &&
+		    params[n].u.memref.shm)
+			tee_shm_put(params[n].u.memref.shm);
+
+	kfree(params);
+}
+
 static int tee_ioctl_open_session(struct tee_context *ctx,
 				  struct tee_ioctl_buf_data __user *ubuf)
 {
@@ -595,16 +610,7 @@ static int tee_ioctl_open_session(struct tee_context *ctx,
 	 */
 	if (rc && have_session && ctx->teedev->desc->ops->close_session)
 		ctx->teedev->desc->ops->close_session(ctx, arg.session);
-
-	if (params) {
-		/* Decrease ref count for all valid shared memory pointers */
-		for (n = 0; n < arg.num_params; n++)
-			if (tee_param_is_memref(params + n) &&
-			    params[n].u.memref.shm)
-				tee_shm_put(params[n].u.memref.shm);
-		kfree(params);
-	}
-
+	free_params(params, arg.num_params);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -657,14 +663,7 @@ static int tee_ioctl_invoke(struct tee_context *ctx,
 	}
 	rc = params_to_user(uparams, arg.num_params, params);
 out:
-	if (params) {
-		/* Decrease ref count for all valid shared memory pointers */
-		for (n = 0; n < arg.num_params; n++)
-			if (tee_param_is_memref(params + n) &&
-			    params[n].u.memref.shm)
-				tee_shm_put(params[n].u.memref.shm);
-		kfree(params);
-	}
+	free_params(params, arg.num_params);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -716,14 +715,7 @@ static int tee_ioctl_object_invoke(struct tee_context *ctx,
 	}
 	rc = params_to_user(uparams, arg.num_params, params);
 out:
-	if (params) {
-		/* Decrease ref count for all valid shared memory pointers */
-		for (n = 0; n < arg.num_params; n++)
-			if (tee_param_is_memref(params + n) &&
-			    params[n].u.memref.shm)
-				tee_shm_put(params[n].u.memref.shm);
-		kfree(params);
-	}
+	free_params(params, arg.num_params);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -861,7 +853,7 @@ static int tee_ioctl_supp_recv(struct tee_context *ctx,
 
 	rc = params_to_supp(ctx, uarg->params, num_params, params);
 out:
-	kfree(params);
+	free_params(params, num_params);
 	return rc;
 }
 
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