From: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
To: Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
chrome-platform@lists.linux.dev, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
tzungbi@kernel.org,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
Simona Vetter <simona.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/2] platform/chrome: Protect cros_ec_device lifecycle with revocable
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 23:26:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251106152602.11814-2-tzungbi@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251106152602.11814-1-tzungbi@kernel.org>
The cros_ec_device can be unregistered when the underlying device is
removed. Other kernel drivers that interact with the EC may hold a
pointer to the cros_ec_device, creating a risk of a use-after-free
error if the EC device is removed while still being referenced.
To prevent this, leverage the revocable and convert the underlying
device drivers to resource providers of cros_ec_device.
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
---
v6:
- No changes.
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/chrome-platform/20251016054204.1523139-5-tzungbi@kernel.org
- No changes.
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/chrome-platform/20250923075302.591026-5-tzungbi@kernel.org
- No changes.
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/chrome-platform/20250912081718.3827390-5-tzungbi@kernel.org
- Initialize the revocable provider in cros_ec_device_alloc() instead of
spreading in protocol device drivers.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/chrome-platform/20250820081645.847919-5-tzungbi@kernel.org
- Rename "ref_proxy" -> "revocable".
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/chrome-platform/20250814091020.1302888-3-tzungbi@kernel.org
drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c | 5 +++++
include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c
index 1da79e3d215b..95e3e898e3da 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/platform_data/cros_ec_commands.h>
#include <linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h>
+#include <linux/revocable.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/suspend.h>
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ struct cros_ec_device *cros_ec_device_alloc(struct device *dev)
if (!ec_dev)
return NULL;
+ ec_dev->revocable_provider = devm_revocable_provider_alloc(dev, ec_dev);
+ if (!ec_dev->revocable_provider)
+ return NULL;
+
ec_dev->din_size = sizeof(struct ec_host_response) +
sizeof(struct ec_response_get_protocol_info) +
EC_MAX_RESPONSE_OVERHEAD;
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h b/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
index de14923720a5..fbb6ca34a40f 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/lockdep_types.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/revocable.h>
#include <linux/platform_data/cros_ec_commands.h>
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ struct cros_ec_command {
* @pd: The platform_device used by the mfd driver to interface with the
* PD behind an EC.
* @panic_notifier: EC panic notifier.
+ * @revocable_provider: The revocable_provider to this device.
*/
struct cros_ec_device {
/* These are used by other drivers that want to talk to the EC */
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ struct cros_ec_device {
struct platform_device *pd;
struct blocking_notifier_head panic_notifier;
+
+ struct revocable_provider *revocable_provider;
};
/**
--
2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-06 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-06 15:26 [PATCH v6 0/2] platform/chrome: Fix an UAF via revocable primitive APIs Tzung-Bi Shih
2025-11-06 15:26 ` Tzung-Bi Shih [this message]
2025-11-07 7:07 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] platform/chrome: Protect cros_ec_device lifecycle with revocable kernel test robot
2025-11-07 7:39 ` kernel test robot
2025-11-06 15:26 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Consume cros_ec_device via revocable Tzung-Bi Shih
2025-11-06 15:59 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2025-11-26 4:16 ` Tzung-Bi Shih
2025-11-26 15:33 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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