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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Vijendar Mukunda <Vijendar.Mukunda@amd.com>,
	Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] soundwire: amd: cancel pending slave status handling workqueue during remove sequence
Date: Tue,  5 Aug 2025 09:09:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250805130945.471732-58-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250805130945.471732-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Vijendar Mukunda <Vijendar.Mukunda@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit f93b697ed98e3c85d1973ea170d4f4e7a6b2b45d ]

During remove sequence, cancel the pending slave status update workqueue.

Signed-off-by: Vijendar Mukunda <Vijendar.Mukunda@amd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250530054447.1645807-4-Vijendar.Mukunda@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Backport Status: YES

This commit should be backported to stable kernel trees. Here's the
extensive analysis:

### 1. **Bug Fix Nature**
This commit fixes a potential **use-after-free (UAF)** vulnerability
during driver removal. The workqueue `amd_sdw_work` (initialized at line
1074 in `amd_sdw_manager_probe()`) can be scheduled by interrupts (line
946 in the interrupt handler). Without cancelling this work during
removal, the following race condition can occur:

- **CPU 0**: Driver removal begins, calls `amd_sdw_manager_remove()`
- **CPU 1**: Interrupt arrives, schedules `amd_sdw_work`
- **CPU 0**: Continues removal, frees the `amd_sdw_manager` structure
  via `sdw_bus_master_delete()`
- **CPU 1**: Work handler executes, accesses freed memory → **UAF**

### 2. **Small and Contained Fix**
The fix is minimal - just one line adding
`cancel_work_sync(&amd_manager->amd_sdw_work)` at the right place in the
removal sequence. This is placed:
- After `pm_runtime_disable()` (ensures no new runtime PM operations)
- Before `amd_disable_sdw_interrupts()` (ensures work can complete if
  running)
- Before any cleanup/freeing operations

### 3. **Common Pattern in Driver Code**
This follows an established pattern seen across the kernel. The recent
commit 984836621aad ("spi: mpc52xx: Add cancel_work_sync before module
remove") fixed an identical issue. The soundwire cadence driver also
uses `cancel_work_sync()` in similar contexts (line 1259 in
cadence_master.c).

### 4. **Part of a Broader Fix Series**
This commit is part of a series addressing multiple issues in the AMD
soundwire driver:
- Commit 86a4371b7697 fixed slave alert handling after link down
  (already includes `cancel_work_sync()` in suspend paths)
- This commit extends the fix to the removal path, ensuring complete
  coverage

### 5. **Real-World Impact**
The commit message from the related fix (86a4371b7697) shows actual
error logs from systems experiencing issues:
```
soundwire sdw-master-0-0: trf on Slave 1 failed:-110 read addr 0 count 1
rt722-sdca sdw:0:0:025d:0722:01: SDW_DP0_INT recheck read failed:-110
```
These errors occur when the workqueue tries to access hardware after
it's been disabled/freed.

### 6. **No Architectural Changes**
This is a pure bug fix with no feature additions or architectural
changes. It simply ensures proper cleanup ordering during driver
removal.

### 7. **Minimal Risk**
The `cancel_work_sync()` call is safe and standard practice. It waits
for any pending work to complete and prevents new work from being
scheduled. There's no risk of introducing new bugs or changing behavior
- it only prevents a race condition.

### 8. **Critical for System Stability**
Use-after-free bugs can lead to:
- Kernel crashes/panics
- Security vulnerabilities (potential for exploitation)
- System instability during module unload/reload
- Issues during system shutdown/reboot

The fix prevents these issues in production systems using AMD soundwire
hardware, particularly important for laptops and systems with audio
peripherals that may be dynamically loaded/unloaded.

 drivers/soundwire/amd_manager.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/amd_manager.c b/drivers/soundwire/amd_manager.c
index 3b335d6eaa94..7ed9c8c0b4c8 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/amd_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/amd_manager.c
@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ static void amd_sdw_manager_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
+	cancel_work_sync(&amd_manager->amd_sdw_work);
 	amd_disable_sdw_interrupts(amd_manager);
 	sdw_bus_master_delete(&amd_manager->bus);
 	ret = amd_disable_sdw_manager(amd_manager);
-- 
2.39.5


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-05 13:11 UTC|newest]

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2025-08-05 13:08 [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] mfd: axp20x: Set explicit ID for AXP313 regulator Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] MIPS: vpe-mt: add missing prototypes for vpe_{alloc,start,stop,free} Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.10] leds: leds-lp50xx: Handle reg to get correct multi_index Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] scsi: bfa: Double-free fix Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] pinctrl: stm32: Manage irq affinity settings Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] PCI: dw-rockchip: Delay link training after hot reset in EP mode Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] phy: rockchip-pcie: Properly disable TEST_WRITE strobe signal Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] soundwire: Move handle_nested_irq outside of sdw_dev_lock Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] media: uvcvideo: Fix bandwidth issue for Alcor camera Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.15] crypto: hisilicon/hpre - fix dma unmap sequence Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] soundwire: amd: serialize amd manager resume sequence during pm_prepare Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.15] watchdog: sbsa: Adjust keepalive timeout to avoid MediaTek WS0 race condition Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] clk: qcom: ipq5018: keep XO clock always on Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] media: i2c: vd55g1: Fix RATE macros not being expressed in bps Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] media: usb: hdpvr: disable zero-length read messages Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] media: raspberrypi: cfe: Fix min_reqbufs_allocation Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.1] hwmon: (emc2305) Set initial PWM minimum value during probe based on thermal state Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] media: uvcvideo: Add quirk for HP Webcam HD 2300 Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.1] drm/amd/display: Only finalize atomic_obj if it was initialized Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] vhost: fail early when __vhost_add_used() fails Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] scsi: lpfc: Ensure HBA_SETUP flag is used only for SLI4 in dev_loss_tmo_callbk Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] ext4: limit the maximum folio order Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] fs/orangefs: use snprintf() instead of sprintf() Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:08 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] crypto: caam - Support iMX8QXP and variants thereof Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] crypto: ccp - Add missing bootloader info reg for pspv6 Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] scsi: lpfc: Check for hdwq null ptr when cleaning up lpfc_vport structure Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] media: dvb-frontends: dib7090p: fix null-ptr-deref in dib7090p_rw_on_apb() Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] scsi: pm80xx: Free allocated tags after failure Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] HID: rate-limit hid_warn to prevent log flooding Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] media: i2c: vd55g1: Setup sensor external clock before patching Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.15] watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Report error if timeout configuration fails Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] media: iris: Add handling for corrupt and drop frames Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] phy: rockchip-pcie: Enable all four lanes if required Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] watchdog: dw_wdt: Fix default timeout Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] MIPS: Don't crash in stack_top() for tasks without ABI or vDSO Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] crypto: jitter - fix intermediary handling Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.1] vsock/virtio: Resize receive buffers so that each SKB fits in a 4K page Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.1] MIPS: lantiq: falcon: sysctrl: fix request memory check logic Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] media: tc358743: Check I2C succeeded during probe Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.1] scsi: mpi3mr: Correctly handle ATA device errors Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] clk: renesas: rzg2l: Postpone updating priv->clks[] Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] scsi: mpt3sas: Correctly handle ATA device errors Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] smb: client: fix session setup against servers that require SPN Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.1] fbdev: fix potential buffer overflow in do_register_framebuffer() Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] sphinx: kernel_abi: fix performance regression with O=<dir> Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] media: tc358743: Return an appropriate colorspace from tc358743_set_fmt Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] drm/amd/display: Avoid configuring PSR granularity if PSR-SU not supported Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] media: tc358743: Increase FIFO trigger level to 374 Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] jfs: truncate good inode pages when hard link is 0 Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.15] media: v4l2-common: Reduce warnings about missing V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ control Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.1] dmaengine: stm32-dma: configure next sg only if there are more than 2 sgs Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix size of uverbs_copy_to() in BNXT_RE_METHOD_GET_TOGGLE_MEM Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] cifs: Fix calling CIFSFindFirst() for root path without msearch Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.10] RDMA/core: reduce stack using in nldev_stat_get_doit() Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] scsi: libiscsi: Initialize iscsi_conn->dd_data only if memory is allocated Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] media: dvb-frontends: w7090p: fix null-ptr-deref in w7090p_tuner_write_serpar and w7090p_tuner_read_serpar Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] PCI: xgene-msi: Resend an MSI racing with itself on a different CPU Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:20   ` Marc Zyngier
2025-08-05 13:59     ` Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 18:09       ` Marc Zyngier
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] clk: tegra: periph: Fix error handling and resolve unsigned compare warning Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] drm/amd/display: Disable dsc_power_gate for dcn314 by default Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] RDMA: hfi1: fix possible divide-by-zero in find_hw_thread_mask() Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.15] crypto: octeontx2 - add timeout for load_fvc completion poll Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] power: supply: qcom_battmgr: Add lithium-polymer entry Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] media: ipu-bridge: Add _HID for OV5670 Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] media: hi556: Fix reset GPIO timings Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] clk: thead: Mark essential bus clocks as CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.15] media: uvcvideo: Set V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_DISABLED during queryctrl errors Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] jfs: Regular file corruption check Sasha Levin
2025-08-05 13:09 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] jfs: upper bound check of tree index in dbAllocAG Sasha Levin

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