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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: alistair23@gmail.com
Cc: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, ojeda@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/21] PCI/TSM: Support connecting to PCIe CMA devices
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:16:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623051620.95CD11F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623045406.2589547-12-alistair.francis@wdc.com>

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] Bypassing the function 0 check for CMA-capable devices breaks the subsystem's architectural assumptions and physical function iteration logic, leading to UAF when unlocking a freed mutex on disconnect.
- [High] Calling `pci_find_doe_mailbox()` inside `is_pci_tsm_host()` introduces a Use-After-Free vulnerability when iterating over PCI devices, as DOE mailboxes can be concurrently freed by device removal.
--

commit 4f85c4326e0a051322285638e0233e1946a251be
Author: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>

PCI/TSM: Support connecting to PCIe CMA devices

In the next patch we are going to add a PCIe CMA TSM driver, as such we
need to ensure that is_pci_tsm_host() will allow us to connect to CMA
capable devices. These devices don't necessarily has DEVCAP_TEE or IDE
support.

> diff --git a/include/linux/pci-tsm.h b/include/linux/pci-tsm.h
> --- a/include/linux/pci-tsm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pci-tsm.h
[ ... ]
> @@ -142,6 +143,14 @@ static inline bool is_pci_tsm_host(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	if (pdev->is_virtfn)
>  		return false;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Report capable if CMA is supported, which can be supported on any PCIe
> +	 * device.
> +	 */
> +	if (pci_find_doe_mailbox(pdev, PCI_VENDOR_ID_PCI_SIG,
> +				 PCI_DOE_FEATURE_CMA))
> +		return true;

[Severity: High]
Does returning true for devices where the function is not 0 cause a use
after free during device disconnect?

If a CMA-capable device connects where its function number is greater
than 0, when the device is disconnected, __pci_tsm_disconnect() invokes
pci_tsm_walk_fns_reverse().

The reverse walk hardcodes the assumption that the host is function 0:

drivers/pci/tsm.c:pci_tsm_walk_fns_reverse() {
    ...
		/* on exit, caller will run @cb on function 0 */
		if (i > 0)
			cb(pf, data);
    ...
}

Because the host is a non-zero function, the walk mistakenly runs remove_fn
on the host itself, freeing the memory containing tsm_host.

drivers/pci/tsm.c:__pci_tsm_disconnect() {
	guard(mutex)(&tsm_host->lock);
	pci_tsm_walk_fns_reverse(pdev, remove_fn, NULL);
	ops->disconnect(pdev);
}

When __pci_tsm_disconnect() returns, does dropping the guard unlock a mutex
in the already freed memory?


[Severity: High]
Is it safe to call pci_find_doe_mailbox() here while iterating over PCI
devices without holding the device lock?

The TSM subsystem iterates over all PCI devices using for_each_pci_dev(),
repeatedly invoking is_pci_tsm_host(). While this holds a kref on the
device, pci_find_doe_mailbox() performs a lockless iteration over the xarray
without an RCU read lock:

drivers/pci/doe.c:pci_find_doe_mailbox() {
    ...
	xa_for_each(&pdev->doe_mbs, index, doe_mb)
		if (pci_doe_supports_feat(doe_mb, vendor, type))
			return doe_mb;
    ...
}

During concurrent device hot-removal, pci_destroy_dev() unconditionally
destroys mailboxes directly, without waiting for an RCU grace period:

drivers/pci/doe.c:pci_doe_destroy_mb() {
    ...
	kfree(doe_mb);
    ...
}

Can this lead to a use after free where pci_find_doe_mailbox() dereferences
mailboxes that have already been freed by a concurrent removal thread?

> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Allow for a Device Security Manager (DSM) associated with function0
>  	 * of an Endpoint to coordinate TDISP requests for other functions

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260623045406.2589547-1-alistair.francis@wdc.com?part=11

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-23  5:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-23  4:53 [PATCH v2 00/21] lib: Rust implementation of SPDM alistair23
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 01/21] rust: transmute: add `cast_slice[_mut]` functions alistair23
2026-06-23  5:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/21] rust: create basic untrusted data API alistair23
2026-06-23  5:09   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/21] rust: validate: add `Validate` trait alistair23
2026-06-23  5:10   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/21] X.509: Make certificate parser public alistair23
2026-06-23  5:03   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/21] X.509: Parse Subject Alternative Name in certificates alistair23
2026-06-23  5:07   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/21] X.509: Move certificate length retrieval into new helper alistair23
2026-06-23  5:02   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/21] rust: add bindings for hash.h alistair23
2026-06-23  7:01   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/21] rust: error: impl From<FromBytesWithNulError> for Kernel Error alistair23
2026-06-23  5:01   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 09/21] lib: rspdm: Initial commit of Rust SPDM alistair23
2026-06-23  5:09   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 10/21] PCI/TSM: Rename pf0 to host alistair23
2026-06-23  5:12   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 11/21] PCI/TSM: Support connecting to PCIe CMA devices alistair23
2026-06-23  5:16   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 12/21] PCI/CMA: Add a PCI TSM CMA driver using SPDM alistair23
2026-06-23  5:07   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 13/21] PCI/CMA: Validate Subject Alternative Name in certificates alistair23
2026-06-23  5:07   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:53 ` [PATCH v2 14/21] lib: rspdm: Support SPDM get_version alistair23
2026-06-23  5:10   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:54 ` [PATCH v2 15/21] lib: rspdm: Support SPDM get_capabilities alistair23
2026-06-23  5:09   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:54 ` [PATCH v2 16/21] lib: rspdm: Support SPDM negotiate_algorithms alistair23
2026-06-23  5:17   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:54 ` [PATCH v2 17/21] lib: rspdm: Support SPDM get_digests alistair23
2026-06-23  5:17   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:54 ` [PATCH v2 18/21] lib: rspdm: Support SPDM get_certificate alistair23
2026-06-23  5:20   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:54 ` [PATCH v2 19/21] lib: rspdm: Support SPDM certificate validation alistair23
2026-06-23  5:19   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:54 ` [PATCH v2 20/21] rust: allow extracting the buffer from a CString alistair23
2026-06-23  5:13   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-23  4:54 ` [PATCH v2 21/21] lib: rspdm: Support SPDM challenge alistair23
2026-06-23  5:21   ` sashiko-bot

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