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From: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@gmail.com>
To: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] rpmsg: char: fix use-after-free on probe error path
Date: Mon,  1 Jun 2026 14:32:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601183247.1962010-1-dbgh9129@gmail.com> (raw)

rpmsg_chrdev_probe() stores the newly allocated eptdev in the default
endpoint's priv pointer before calling rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(). If
rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add() then fails, its error path frees eptdev while
the default endpoint may still dispatch callbacks with the stale priv
pointer.

Avoid publishing eptdev through the default endpoint until
rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add() succeeds. Messages received before the priv
pointer is published should be ignored by rpmsg_ept_cb(). Flow-control
updates can hit rpmsg_ept_flow_cb() in the same window, so make both
callbacks return success when priv is NULL.

Fixes: bc69d1066569 ("rpmsg: char: Introduce the "rpmsg-raw" channel")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use a 12-character Fixes SHA.
- Drop the unnecessary asm-generic/rwonce.h include.
- Handle NULL priv in rpmsg_ept_flow_cb() as well.
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
index ca9cf8858a5e..bff5aefee212 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ static int rpmsg_ept_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf, int len,
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = priv;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+	if (!eptdev)
+		return 0;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@ static int rpmsg_ept_flow_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *priv, bool enable
 {
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = priv;
 
+	if (!eptdev)
+		return 0;
+
 	eptdev->remote_flow_restricted = enable;
 	eptdev->remote_flow_updated = true;
 
@@ -490,6 +496,7 @@ static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo;
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
 	struct device *dev = &rpdev->dev;
+	int ret;
 
 	memcpy(chinfo.name, rpdev->id.name, RPMSG_NAME_SIZE);
 	chinfo.src = rpdev->src;
@@ -502,13 +509,17 @@ static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	/* Set the default_ept to the rpmsg device endpoint */
 	eptdev->default_ept = rpdev->ept;
 
+	ret = rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(eptdev, chinfo);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	/*
 	 * The rpmsg_ept_cb uses *priv parameter to get its rpmsg_eptdev context.
-	 * Storedit in default_ept *priv field.
+	 * Stored it in default_ept *priv field.
 	 */
 	eptdev->default_ept->priv = eptdev;
 
-	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(eptdev, chinfo);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-01 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-01 18:32 Yuho Choi [this message]
2026-06-04 18:05 ` [PATCH v2] rpmsg: char: fix use-after-free on probe error path Mathieu Poirier

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