From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Danish Khateeb" <danishkhateeb03@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, lee@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] leds: tca6507: Fix use-after-free on unbind
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:35:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-197964@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261104193038.91614-1-danishkhateeb03@gmail.com>
> Since the LEDs are registered with devm_led_classdev_register(), they
> are unregistered only after tca6507_remove() has cancelled the work.
> Unregistering an LED that is on turns it off, which queues the work
> again from led_assign(), and the work then runs after devres has freed
> the chip:
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in assign_work+0x414/0x5b0
> Read of size 8 at addr ffff888010d5c0c0 by task kworker/1:2/65
> ...
> Last potentially related work creation:
> ...
> queue_work_on+0xb6/0xc0
> led_assign+0x223/0x340 [leds_tca6507]
> led_classdev_unregister+0x26b/0x340
> release_nodes+0xb3/0x140
> devres_release_group+0x247/0x470
> i2c_device_remove+0xbf/0x1b0
>
> Initialise the work before the LEDs are registered and flush it from a
> devres action, which then runs after the LEDs are gone and before the
> chip is freed, and drop tca6507_remove(). Flushing instead of cancelling
> also makes sure that the queued writes reach the chip, so the LEDs are
> really turned off. By the time the action runs, the LEDs and the GPIO
> chip have been unregistered, and the work does not queue itself, so
> nothing can queue it again.
>
> Fixes: 1b5c2fa7081c ("leds: tca6507: Use devm_led_classdev_register() to simplify remove path")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Danish Khateeb <danishkhateeb03@gmail.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-04 19:30 [PATCH v4] leds: tca6507: Fix use-after-free on unbind Danish Khateeb
2026-11-04 19:35 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-04 19:47 ` Andrew Davis
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