[PATCH 06/12] platform/wmi: use generic driver_override infrastructure

Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-24T01:00:30Z

When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match()
callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the
driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF.

Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking
care of proper locking internally.

Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock
held is intentional. [1]

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/ [1]
Reported-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Fixes: 12046f8c77e0 ("platform/x86: wmi: Add driver_override support")
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
---
drivers/platform/wmi/core.c | 36 +++++-------------------------------
include/linux/wmi.h | 4 ----
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/wmi/core.c b/drivers/platform/wmi/core.c
index b8e6b9a421c6..750e3619724e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/wmi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/wmi/core.c
@@ -842,39 +842,11 @@ static ssize_t expensive_show(struct device *dev,
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(expensive);

-static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
- char *buf)
-{
- struct wmi_device *wdev = to_wmi_device(dev);
- ssize_t ret;
-
- device_lock(dev);
- ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", wdev->driver_override);
- device_unlock(dev);
-
- return ret;
-}
-
-static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
- const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
- struct wmi_device *wdev = to_wmi_device(dev);
- int ret;
-
- ret = driver_set_override(dev, &wdev->driver_override, buf, count);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
- return count;
-}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);
-
static struct attribute *wmi_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_modalias.attr,
&dev_attr_guid.attr,
&dev_attr_instance_count.attr,
&dev_attr_expensive.attr,
- &dev_attr_driver_override.attr,
NULL
};
ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(wmi);
@@ -943,7 +915,6 @@ static void wmi_dev_release(struct device *dev)
{
struct wmi_block *wblock = dev_to_wblock(dev);

- kfree(wblock->dev.driver_override);
kfree(wblock);
}

@@ -952,10 +923,12 @@ static int wmi_dev_match(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *driver)
const struct wmi_driver *wmi_driver = to_wmi_driver(driver);
struct wmi_block *wblock = dev_to_wblock(dev);
const struct wmi_device_id *id = wmi_driver->id_table;
+ int ret;

/* When driver_override is set, only bind to the matching driver */
- if (wblock->dev.driver_override)
- return !strcmp(wblock->dev.driver_override, driver->name);
+ ret = device_match_driver_override(dev, driver);
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ return ret;

if (id == NULL)
return 0;
@@ -1076,6 +1049,7 @@ static struct class wmi_bus_class = {
static const struct bus_type wmi_bus_type = {
.name = "wmi",
.dev_groups = wmi_groups,
+ .driver_override = true,
.match = wmi_dev_match,
.uevent = wmi_dev_uevent,
.probe = wmi_dev_probe,
diff --git a/include/linux/wmi.h b/include/linux/wmi.h
index 75cb0c7cfe57..14fb644e1701 100644
--- a/include/linux/wmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/wmi.h
@@ -18,16 +18,12 @@
* struct wmi_device - WMI device structure
* @dev: Device associated with this WMI device
* @setable: True for devices implementing the Set Control Method
- * @driver_override: Driver name to force a match; do not set directly,
- * because core frees it; use driver_set_override() to
- * set or clear it.
*
* This represents WMI devices discovered by the WMI driver core.
*/
struct wmi_device {
struct device dev;
bool setable;
- const char *driver_override;
};

/**
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