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From: Hank Yang <s950343@gmail.com>
To: marvin24@gmx.de
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, ac100@lists.launchpad.net,
	linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	Hank Yang <s950343@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: nvec: fix race between power-off callback and driver removal
Date: Sun,  6 Sep 2026 21:15:29 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260906131529.11422-1-s950343@gmail.com> (raw)

tegra_nvec_remove() checks pm_power_off against nvec_power_off and
then clears it in two separate steps:

	if (pm_power_off == nvec_power_off)
		pm_power_off = NULL;

If a shutdown is triggered between the check and the clear, the
system's power-off path can call nvec_power_off() while
tegra_nvec_remove() is concurrently tearing down the device (freeing
resources via mfd_remove_devices(), cancel_work_sync(), etc.),
leading to a use-after-free on nvec_power_handle.

Use cmpxchg() to make the check-and-clear atomic, closing this race
window.

Compile-tested (ARM, tegra_defconfig) only; I don't have access to
Tegra Paz00 hardware to test this at runtime.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-5

Signed-off-by: Hank Yang <s950343@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
index 41cbdfdc1da6..b9ebfdf46002 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
@@ -906,8 +906,7 @@ static void tegra_nvec_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	nvec_unregister_notifier(nvec, &nvec->nvec_status_notifier);
 	cancel_work_sync(&nvec->rx_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&nvec->tx_work);
-	if (pm_power_off == nvec_power_off)
-		pm_power_off = NULL;
+	cmpxchg(&pm_power_off, nvec_power_off, NULL);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-06 13:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-06 13:15 Hank Yang [this message]
2026-09-07 14:24 ` [PATCH] staging: nvec: fix race between power-off callback and driver removal Greg KH

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