[PATCH] iio: adc: at91-sama5d2_adc: Fix use-after-free in sama5d2_adc driver

[PATCH] iio: adc: at91-sama5d2_adc: Fix use-after-free in sama5d2_adc driver

[Pei Xiao]

at91_adc_interrupt can call at91_adc_touch_data_handler function
to start the work by schedule_work(&st->touch_st.workq).

If we remove the module which will call at91_adc_remove to
make cleanup, it will free indio_dev through iio_device_unregister
while the work mentioned above will be used. The sequence of operations
that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:

CPU0                                      CPU1

                                     | at91_adc_workq_handler
at91_adc_remove                      |
iio_device_unregister(indio_dev)     |
device_release                       |
//free indio_dev                     |
                                     | iio_push_to_buffers(indio_dev)
                                     | //use indio_dev

Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding with
the cleanup in at91_adc_remove.

Fixes: 27e177190891 ("iio:adc:at91_adc8xx: introduce new atmel adc driver")
Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@kylinos.cn>
---
 drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index 8e5aaf15a921..4ba52b500054 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -2491,6 +2491,7 @@ static void at91_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct at91_adc_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&st->touch_st.workq);
 	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
 
 	at91_adc_dma_disable(st);
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: at91-sama5d2_adc: Fix use-after-free in sama5d2_adc driver

[Eugen Hristev]

Hello,

On 11/28/24 08:45, Pei Xiao wrote:
> at91_adc_interrupt can call at91_adc_touch_data_handler function
> to start the work by schedule_work(&st->touch_st.workq).
> 
> If we remove the module which will call at91_adc_remove to
> make cleanup, it will free indio_dev through iio_device_unregister
> while the work mentioned above will be used. The sequence of operations
> that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:
> 
> CPU0                                      CPU1
> 
>                                      | at91_adc_workq_handler
> at91_adc_remove                      |
> iio_device_unregister(indio_dev)     |
> device_release                       |
> //free indio_dev                     |
>                                      | iio_push_to_buffers(indio_dev)
>                                      | //use indio_dev
> 
> Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding with
> the cleanup in at91_adc_remove.
> 
> Fixes: 27e177190891 ("iio:adc:at91_adc8xx: introduce new atmel adc driver")

I believe that the commit that introduced the workqueue is different
than the one you tagged here.

With that changed,

Reviewed-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@linaro.org>

> Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@kylinos.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
> index 8e5aaf15a921..4ba52b500054 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
> @@ -2491,6 +2491,7 @@ static void at91_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  	struct at91_adc_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>  
> +	cancel_work_sync(&st->touch_st.workq);
>  	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
>  
>  	at91_adc_dma_disable(st);

[PATCH v2] iio: adc: at91-sama5d2_adc: Fix potential use-after-free in sama5d2_adc driver

[Pei Xiao]

at91_adc_interrupt can call at91_adc_touch_data_handler function
to start the work by schedule_work(&st->touch_st.workq).

If we remove the module which will call at91_adc_remove to
make cleanup, it will free indio_dev through iio_device_unregister
while the work mentioned above will be used. The sequence of operations
that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:

CPU0                                      CPU1

                                     | at91_adc_workq_handler
at91_adc_remove                      |
iio_device_unregister(indio_dev)     |
//free indio_dev                     |
                                     | iio_push_to_buffers(indio_dev)
                                     | //use indio_dev

Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding with
the cleanup in at91_adc_remove.

Fixes: 3ec2774f1cc ("iio: adc: at91-sama5d2_adc: add support for position and pressure channels")
Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@kylinos.cn>
---
 drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index b4c36e6a7490..1cd6ce61cf17 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -2480,6 +2480,7 @@ static void at91_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct at91_adc_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&st->touch_st.workq);
 	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
 
 	at91_adc_dma_disable(st);
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH v2] iio: adc: at91-sama5d2_adc: Fix potential use-after-free in sama5d2_adc driver

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:49:25 +0800
Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@kylinos.cn> wrote:

> at91_adc_interrupt can call at91_adc_touch_data_handler function
> to start the work by schedule_work(&st->touch_st.workq).
> 
> If we remove the module which will call at91_adc_remove to
> make cleanup, it will free indio_dev through iio_device_unregister
> while the work mentioned above will be used. The sequence of operations
> that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:
> 
> CPU0                                      CPU1
> 
>                                      | at91_adc_workq_handler
> at91_adc_remove                      |
> iio_device_unregister(indio_dev)     |
> //free indio_dev                     |
>                                      | iio_push_to_buffers(indio_dev)
>                                      | //use indio_dev

Hi,

I'm not completely following your description here.
The free doesn't happen in iio_device_unregister() but quite a bit later.
So either the problem you are seeing is actually devm_ tear down that
will do the free, or it's a more specific action in iio_device_unregister()
though I'm not sure what it might be. Possibly a specific buffer mask
getting torn down?  I haven't analysed it closely enough to figure out if
there is a race there but it's the only thing I can immediately spot that
would even be of interest to a work item in a driver via some core interfaces.

Other than working out exact cause for anyone looking at this later, I'm
also not sure you don't leave a potential race where a fresh request comes in
between that cancel_work_sync() and the iio_device_unregister() call as it
is only when iio_device_unregister() is complete that all interfaces are torn
down that could start a fresh capture.

So were the cancel_work_sync() one line later I would have been happy but
from your description I'm not sure that fixes the bug you are seeing!

Jonathan



> 
> Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding with
> the cleanup in at91_adc_remove.
> 
> Fixes: 3ec2774f1cc ("iio: adc: at91-sama5d2_adc: add support for position and pressure channels")
> Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@kylinos.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
> index b4c36e6a7490..1cd6ce61cf17 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
> @@ -2480,6 +2480,7 @@ static void at91_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  	struct at91_adc_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>  
> +	cancel_work_sync(&st->touch_st.workq);
>  	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
>  
>  	at91_adc_dma_disable(st);

[PATCH] iio: adc: ti_am335x_adc: Limit step_avg to valid range for gcc complains

[Pei Xiao]

On 11/28/24 08:45, Pei Xiao wrote:
>> at91_adc_interrupt can call at91_adc_touch_data_handler function
>> to start the work by schedule_work(&st->touch_st.workq).
>> 
>> If we remove the module which will call at91_adc_remove to
>> make cleanup, it will free indio_dev through iio_device_unregister
>> while the work mentioned above will be used. The sequence of operations
>> that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:
>> 
>> CPU0                                      CPU1
> 
>                                      | at91_adc_workq_handler
>> at91_adc_remove                      |
>> iio_device_unregister(indio_dev)     |
>> device_release                       |
>> //free indio_dev                     |
>                                      | iio_push_to_buffers(indio_dev)
>                                      | //use indio_dev
> 
> Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding with
> the cleanup in at91_adc_remove.
>> 
>> Fixes: 27e177190891 ("iio:adc:at91_adc8xx: introduce new atmel adc driver")

>I believe that the commit that introduced the workqueue is different
>than the one you tagged here.

>With that changed,

>Reviewed-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@linaro.org>

I am so sorry I have been ignoring this reply for almost a year..

>> Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@kylinos.cn>
>> ---
>>  drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
>> index 8e5aaf15a921..4ba52b500054 100644
>> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
>> @@ -2491,6 +2491,7 @@ static void at91_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>>  	struct at91_adc_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>>  
>> +	cancel_work_sync(&st->touch_st.workq);
>>  	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
>>  
>>  	at91_adc_dma_disable(st);