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From: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@gmail.com>
To: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] ACPI: video: Fix use-after-free in acpi_video_switch_brightness()
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:07:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251022200704.2655507-1-danisjiang@gmail.com> (raw)

The switch_brightness_work delayed work accesses device->brightness
and device->backlight, which are freed by
acpi_video_dev_unregister_backlight() during device removal.

If the work executes after acpi_video_bus_unregister_backlight()
frees these resources, it causes a use-after-free when
acpi_video_switch_brightness() dereferences device->brightness or
device->backlight.

Fix this by calling cancel_delayed_work_sync() for each device's
switch_brightness_work in acpi_video_bus_remove_notify_handler()
after removing the notify handler that queues the work. This ensures
the work completes before the memory is freed.

Fixes: 8ab58e8e7e097 ("ACPI / video: Fix backlight taking 2 steps on a brightness up/down keypress")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Move cancel_delayed_work_sync() to acpi_video_bus_remove_notify_handler()
  instead of acpi_video_bus_unregister_backlight() for better logic placement
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251022042514.2167599-1-danisjiang@gmail.com/
---
 drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 103f29661576..be8e7e18abca 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -1959,8 +1959,10 @@ static void acpi_video_bus_remove_notify_handler(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
 	struct acpi_video_device *dev;
 
 	mutex_lock(&video->device_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(dev, &video->video_device_list, entry)
+	list_for_each_entry(dev, &video->video_device_list, entry) {
 		acpi_video_dev_remove_notify_handler(dev);
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->switch_brightness_work);
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&video->device_list_lock);
 
 	acpi_video_bus_stop_devices(video);
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-22 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-22 20:07 Yuhao Jiang [this message]
2025-10-23 13:25 ` [PATCH v3] ACPI: video: Fix use-after-free in acpi_video_switch_brightness() Hans de Goede
2025-10-23 18:51   ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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