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
next prev parent 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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