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From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mmc: fix racy probe cleanup
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:15:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1a5tlb-0000UY-81@rmk-PC.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)

MMC probe cleanup is racy: consider the following sequence:

- mmc_alloc_host()
- mmc_gpio_request_cd()
- some failure
- mmc_free_host()

mmc_gpio_request_cd() registers a handler for the card detect GPIO
signal, and if this is triggered, it can queue the delayed work in
struct mmc_host.  mmc_free_host() then frees the mmc_host structure
with the still queued delayed work, which will then cause the timer
subsystem to touch free'd memory, potentially oopsing the kernel.

Fix this by ensuring that the delayed work is properly cancelled
before freeing the underlying memory.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/mmc/core/host.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index 5466f25f0281..b246803f2f1d 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_remove_host);
  */
 void mmc_free_host(struct mmc_host *host)
 {
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&host->detect);
 	mmc_pwrseq_free(host);
 	put_device(&host->class_dev);
 }
-- 
2.1.0


             reply	other threads:[~2015-12-07 11:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-07 11:15 Russell King [this message]
2015-12-07 16:10 ` [PATCH] mmc: fix racy probe cleanup Ulf Hansson
2015-12-07 16:46   ` Russell King - ARM Linux

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