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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	wim@linux-watchdog.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] watchdog: lenovo_se10_wdt: Fix use-after-free and resource leak risk
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:30:54 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831133314.4125787-626-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831133314.4125787-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>

[ Upstream commit 3394e894880a60338a2981dd688fd25e88d79667 ]

Review by sashiko.dev highlighted potential use after free and resource
leak instances.

Set se10_pdev to null to prevent use after free

Remove DMI call back and instead directly call
se10_create_platform_device. Handle error cases appropriately

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260428124954.1193450-1-mpearson-lenovo%40squebb.ca

Signed-off-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260504180159.999189-1-mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The history search finished. In this 6.18.43 checkout, `git log -S
'lenovo-se10-wdt'` shows the driver file first appearing at
`5d324e5159d9e` (Nov 2025 USB merge). That matches what we already saw
in blame.

The driver itself was added upstream in 6.10 (`watchdog:
lenovo_se10_wdt: Watchdog driver for Lenovo SE10 platform`); the buggy
DMI-callback init pattern has been there since then. Nothing in this
changes the earlier **YES** backport recommendation.

 drivers/watchdog/lenovo_se10_wdt.c | 32 ++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/lenovo_se10_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/lenovo_se10_wdt.c
index 99ff01af41243..503e220263f95 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/lenovo_se10_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/lenovo_se10_wdt.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static struct platform_driver se10_wdt_driver = {
 	.probe  = se10_wdt_probe,
 };
 
-static int se10_create_platform_device(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
+static int se10_create_platform_device(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -233,9 +233,10 @@ static int se10_create_platform_device(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	err = platform_device_add(se10_pdev);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
 		platform_device_put(se10_pdev);
-
+		se10_pdev = NULL;
+	}
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +247,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "12NH"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10",
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "12NJ"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10",
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "12NK"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10",
@@ -270,7 +268,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "12NL"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10",
@@ -278,7 +275,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "12NM"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -286,7 +282,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13LJ"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -294,7 +289,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13LK"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -302,7 +296,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13S1"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -310,7 +303,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13S2"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -318,7 +310,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13S3"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -326,7 +317,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13S4"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -334,7 +324,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13S5"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{
 		.ident = "LENOVO-SE10-G2",
@@ -342,7 +331,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id se10_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "13S6"),
 		},
-		.callback = se10_create_platform_device,
 	},
 	{}
 };
@@ -350,10 +338,20 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, se10_dmi_table);
 
 static int __init se10_wdt_init(void)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	if (!dmi_check_system(se10_dmi_table))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return platform_driver_register(&se10_wdt_driver);
+	err = platform_driver_register(&se10_wdt_driver);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = se10_create_platform_device();
+	if (err)
+		platform_driver_unregister(&se10_wdt_driver);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit se10_wdt_exit(void)
-- 
2.53.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-31 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20260831133314.4125787-1-sashal@kernel.org>
2026-08-31 13:24 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] watchdog: lenovo_se10_wdt: Add support for SE10 Gen 2 platform Sasha Levin
2026-08-31 15:12   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 13:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] watchdog: imx7ulp_wdt: Keep WDOG running until A55 enters WFI on i.MX94 Sasha Levin
2026-08-31 16:09   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 13:30 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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