From: David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>
To: Maxwell Doose <m32285159@gmail.com>, jic23@kernel.org
Cc: "Nuno Sá" <nuno.sa@analog.com>,
"Andy Shevchenko" <andy@kernel.org>,
"Daniel Baluta" <daniel.baluta@intel.com>,
"open list:IIO SUBSYSTEM AND DRIVERS" <linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: imu: kmx61: Fix TOCTOU race condition
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 10:54:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <051ee23d-cc9d-4eff-bd2f-3ad2085f2162@baylibre.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260512120356.40839-1-m32285159@gmail.com>
On 5/12/26 7:03 AM, Maxwell Doose wrote:
> A Time-of-check to Time-of-use race condition is present in
> kmx61_write_event_config(). Move the mutex_lock() call above it to fix
> it.
>
> Fixes: fd3ae7a9f21c ("iio: imu: kmx61: Add support for any motion trigger")
> Signed-off-by: Maxwell Doose <m32285159@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/iio/imu/kmx61.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/kmx61.c b/drivers/iio/imu/kmx61.c
> index 3cd91d8a89ee..9aa00acc7f14 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/kmx61.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/kmx61.c
> @@ -942,11 +942,13 @@ static int kmx61_write_event_config(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> struct kmx61_data *data = kmx61_get_data(indio_dev);
> int ret = 0;
>
> - if (state && data->ev_enable_state)
> - return 0;
> -
> mutex_lock(&data->lock);
>
> + if (state && data->ev_enable_state) {
> + ret = 0;
> + goto err_unlock;
> + }
> +
> if (!state && data->motion_trig_on) {
> data->ev_enable_state = false;
> goto err_unlock;
There are actually 3 other drivers that have identical code
which likely need the same fix.
And in all of these, there is an write_event() callback that
reads ev_enable_state without holding the mutex that looks
suspicious too.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-12 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-12 12:03 [PATCH] iio: imu: kmx61: Fix TOCTOU race condition Maxwell Doose
2026-05-12 15:17 ` Maxwell Doose
2026-05-12 15:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-05-12 15:30 ` Maxwell Doose
2026-05-12 17:10 ` Jonathan Cameron
2026-05-12 17:37 ` Maxwell Doose
2026-05-13 13:11 ` Jonathan Cameron
2026-05-12 15:54 ` David Lechner [this message]
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