From: Guixin Liu <kanie@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@intel.com>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>,
Frank Li <Frank.Li@kernel.org>
Cc: dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, Xunlei Pang <xlpang@linux.alibaba.com>,
oliver.yang@linux.alibaba.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] dmaengine: idxd: Fix use-after-free of idxd_wq
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:50:30 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415095030.42183-1-kanie@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
We found an idxd_wq use-after-free issue with kasan
when remove the idxd PCI device:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in idxd_device_drv_remove+0x1f8/0x240 [idxd]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x32/0x50
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x390
? idxd_device_drv_remove+0x1f8/0x240 [idxd]
print_report+0xba/0x280
? kasan_addr_to_slab+0x9/0xa0
? idxd_device_drv_remove+0x1f8/0x240 [idxd]
kasan_report+0xab/0xe0
? idxd_device_drv_remove+0x1f8/0x240 [idxd]
idxd_device_drv_remove+0x1f8/0x240 [idxd]
device_release_driver_internal+0x391/0x560
bus_remove_device+0x1f5/0x3f0
device_del+0x392/0x990
? __pfx_device_del+0x10/0x10
? kobject_cleanup+0x117/0x360
? idxd_unregister_devices+0x229/0x320 [idxd]
device_unregister+0x13/0xa0
idxd_remove+0x4f/0x1b0 [idxd]
pci_device_remove+0xa7/0x1d0
device_release_driver_internal+0x391/0x560
? pci_pme_active+0x1e/0x450
pci_stop_bus_device+0x10a/0x150
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x16/0x30
remove_store+0xcf/0xe0
Freed by task 15535:
kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40
____kasan_slab_free+0x171/0x240
slab_free_freelist_hook+0xde/0x190
__kmem_cache_free+0x19e/0x310
device_release+0x98/0x210
kobject_cleanup+0x102/0x360
idxd_unregister_devices+0xb3/0x320 [idxd]
dxd_remove+0x3f/0x1b0 [idxd]
pci_device_remove+0xa7/0x1d0
device_release_driver_internal+0x391/0x560
pci_stop_bus_device+0x10a/0x150
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x16/0x30
remove_store+0xcf/0xe0
In the idxd_remove() flow, when execution reaches
idxd_unregister_devices(), all idxd_wq instances have already been
freed. Subsequently, when device_unregister(idxd_confdev(idxd)) is
executed, it calls into idxd_device_drv_remove() which accesses the
already-freed idxd_wq. This fix resolves the issue by calling
device_release_driver() before idxd_unregister_devices().
Fixes: 98da0106aac0d ("dmanegine: idxd: fix resource free ordering on driver removal")
Co-developed-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Guixin Liu <kanie@linux.alibaba.com>
---
v1 -> v2:
1. Call device_release_driver() in advance instead of swapping the order of
device_unregister() and idxd_unregister_devices().
2. Add Co-developed-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>.
drivers/dma/idxd/init.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index f1cfc7790d95..3b0a0363ca65 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -1293,13 +1293,30 @@ static void idxd_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
{
struct idxd_device *idxd = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+ /*
+ * The idxd sub-driver's remove callback (idxd_device_drv_remove())
+ * iterates idxd->wqs[] and accesses wq objects. We must unbind the
+ * sub-driver before idxd_unregister_devices() frees these objects,
+ * otherwise a use-after-free occurs.
+ *
+ * We cannot simply reorder device_unregister(idxd_confdev) before
+ * idxd_unregister_devices() because device_del() -> kobject_del()
+ * recursively removes the parent's sysfs directory, which destroys
+ * children's sysfs entries. Subsequent device_unregister() on the
+ * children then fails with "sysfs group 'power' not found".
+ *
+ * Use device_release_driver() to only unbind the driver (triggering
+ * idxd_device_drv_remove()) without touching sysfs. Then safely
+ * unregister children before the parent.
+ */
+ device_release_driver(idxd_confdev(idxd));
idxd_unregister_devices(idxd);
+
/*
- * When ->release() is called for the idxd->conf_dev, it frees all the memory related
- * to the idxd context. The driver still needs those bits in order to do the rest of
- * the cleanup. However, we do need to unbound the idxd sub-driver. So take a ref
- * on the device here to hold off the freeing while allowing the idxd sub-driver
- * to unbind.
+ * When ->release() is called for the idxd->conf_dev, it frees all the
+ * memory related to the idxd context. The driver still needs those bits
+ * in order to do the rest of the cleanup. So take a ref on the device
+ * here to hold off the freeing.
*/
get_device(idxd_confdev(idxd));
device_unregister(idxd_confdev(idxd));
--
2.32.0.3.g01195cf9f
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