From: John Madieu <john.madieu@gmail.com>
To: broonie@kernel.org, Frank.Li@nxp.com, s.hauer@pengutronix.de
Cc: kernel@pengutronix.de, festevam@gmail.com, carlos.song@nxp.com,
linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, imx@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, John Madieu <john.madieu@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] spi: imx: Fix UAF on package-1 prepare failure in spi_imx_dma_data_prepare()
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 13:59:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260501135951.2416527-3-john.madieu@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260501135951.2416527-1-john.madieu@gmail.com>
When transfer->len exceeds MX51_ECSPI_CTRL_MAX_BURST and is not a
multiple of it, spi_imx_dma_data_prepare() splits the transfer into
two DMA packages. If preparing the second package fails:
ret = spi_imx_dma_tx_data_handle(spi_imx, &spi_imx->dma_data[1],
transfer->tx_buf + spi_imx->dma_data[0].data_len,
false);
if (ret) {
kfree(spi_imx->dma_data[0].dma_tx_buf);
kfree(spi_imx->dma_data[0].dma_rx_buf);
kfree(spi_imx->dma_data);
}
}
return 0;
the function frees the package-0 buffers and the dma_data array,
then falls through to `return 0`, telling the caller the prepare
succeeded. The caller then dereferences the freed dma_data array,
producing a use-after-free.
Return the error from the failure path so the caller takes its
existing failure branch.
Fixes: faa8e404ad8e ("spi: imx: support dynamic burst length for ECSPI DMA mode")
Signed-off-by: John Madieu <john.madieu@gmail.com>
---
drivers/spi/spi-imx.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index 7ae8078c10ef..4e3dbd01d619 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -1709,6 +1709,7 @@ static int spi_imx_dma_data_prepare(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
kfree(spi_imx->dma_data[0].dma_tx_buf);
kfree(spi_imx->dma_data[0].dma_rx_buf);
kfree(spi_imx->dma_data);
+ return ret;
}
}
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-01 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-01 13:59 [PATCH 0/3] spi: imx: Three fixes for the i.MX SPI driver John Madieu
2026-05-01 13:59 ` [PATCH 1/3] spi: imx: Fix precedence bug in spi_imx_dma_max_wml_find() John Madieu
2026-05-02 4:46 ` Frank Li
2026-05-01 13:59 ` John Madieu [this message]
2026-05-02 4:49 ` [PATCH 2/3] spi: imx: Fix UAF on package-1 prepare failure in spi_imx_dma_data_prepare() Frank Li
2026-05-01 13:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] spi: imx: Propagate prepare_transfer() error from spi_imx_setupxfer() John Madieu
2026-05-02 4:51 ` Frank Li
2026-05-04 13:22 ` [PATCH 0/3] spi: imx: Three fixes for the i.MX SPI driver Mark Brown
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