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From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
To: Qiliang Yuan <realwujing@gmail.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
	Wang Zhaolong <wangzhaolong@fnnas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] serial: 8250: fix use-after-free in IRQ chain handling
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 08:03:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0ede8499-abe2-41d3-bb0c-095c02c5b699@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707-bug-221579-8250-shared-irq-race-v6-1-f8c499a90bdd@gmail.com>

Ah, now I see you are fixing the same thing as:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260708031115.3757150-1-wangzhaolong@fnnas.com/

I did not look up who of you was first.

But:
Reported-by: Wang Zhaolong <wangzhaolong@fnnas.com>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221579

Looks like he reported and apparently tries to fix that too ;). You were 
obviously CCed, talk to them and don't send two patches for the same issue.

On 07. 07. 26, 16:06, Qiliang Yuan wrote:
...
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
> @@ -131,10 +131,11 @@ static void serial_do_unlink(struct irq_info *i, struct uart_8250_port *up)
>    * - allocate a new one, add it to the hashtable and return it.
>    */
>   static struct irq_info *serial_get_or_create_irq_info(const struct uart_8250_port *up)
> +	__must_hold(&hash_mutex)
>   {
>   	struct irq_info *i;
>   
> -	guard(mutex)(&hash_mutex);
> +	lockdep_assert_held(&hash_mutex);
>   
>   	hash_for_each_possible(irq_lists, i, node, up->port.irq)
>   		if (i->irq == up->port.irq)
> @@ -151,19 +152,37 @@ static struct irq_info *serial_get_or_create_irq_info(const struct uart_8250_por
>   	return i;
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * serial_link_irq_chain() hooks the given 8250 port into the IRQ chain.
> + *
> + * hash_mutex must be held from the hash lookup through the first
> + * request_irq() completion.  Dropping it earlier allows a concurrent
> + * serial_unlink_irq_chain() to race in after i->head is published but
> + * before the IRQ is fully set up — another port sharing the IRQ can then
> + * join the chain and run the shared-IRQ THRE test while IRQ startup is
> + * still in progress, triggering an "Unbalanced enable for IRQ" warning
> + * in kernel/irq/manage.c.
> + */
>   static int serial_link_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
>   {
>   	struct irq_info *i;
>   	int ret;
>   
> +	guard(mutex)(&hash_mutex);

hash_mutex is no longer an appropriate name for this lock.

> +
>   	i = serial_get_or_create_irq_info(up);
>   	if (IS_ERR(i))
>   		return PTR_ERR(i);
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * Serialise against the list manipulation in the interrupt handler
> +	 * and in serial_unlink_irq_chain().  hash_mutex is still held which
> +	 * prevents serial_unlink_irq_chain() from entering and freeing the
> +	 * irq_info until the first request_irq() completes.
> +	 */
>   	scoped_guard(spinlock_irq, &i->lock) {
>   		if (i->head) {
>   			list_add(&up->list, i->head);
> -

Unrelated change.

>   			return 0;
>   		}
>   
> @@ -171,11 +190,14 @@ static int serial_link_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
>   		i->head = &up->list;
>   	}
>   
> -	ret = request_irq(up->port.irq, serial8250_interrupt, up->port.irqflags, up->port.name, i);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> +	ret = request_irq(up->port.irq, serial8250_interrupt,
> +			  up->port.irqflags, up->port.name, i);
> +	if (ret < 0) {
>   		serial_do_unlink(i, up);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
>   
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;

Unrelated and mainly unneeded change.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-08  6:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-07 14:06 [PATCH v6] serial: 8250: fix use-after-free in IRQ chain handling Qiliang Yuan
2026-07-08  6:03 ` Jiri Slaby [this message]
2026-07-08  6:34   ` Jing Wu
2026-07-08  7:11   ` Jing Wu
2026-07-08  7:33   ` Wang Zhaolong
2026-07-08  7:57     ` Jing Wu
2026-07-08  8:20       ` Wang Zhaolong
2026-07-08  7:39   ` Jing Wu
2026-07-08  7:53     ` Wang Zhaolong
2026-07-08  8:08       ` Jing Wu
2026-07-08  8:32         ` Wang Zhaolong
     [not found]         ` <5cf37150673ea4d5c28f94db91cdf68504b50522.9be37cbd.7a04.4d7e.b20e.d3f90675af6e@feishu.cn>
2026-07-10 12:17           ` Greg KH
2026-07-10 13:15             ` Wang Zhaolong
2026-07-10 13:28               ` Greg KH
2026-07-08  8:43       ` Jing Wu
2026-07-08  8:45       ` Jing Wu
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-05-27  9:20 [PATCH] serial: 8250: serialize shared IRQ startup Wang Zhaolong
2026-07-08  3:11 ` [PATCH v2] serial: 8250: fix shared IRQ startup race causing IRQ warning Wang Zhaolong
2026-07-08  7:23   ` [PATCH v3] " Wang Zhaolong
2026-07-08  8:47     ` [PATCH v6] serial: 8250: fix use-after-free in IRQ chain handling Jing Wu

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