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From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org,
	linux@armlinux.org.uk, nipun.gupta@amd.com,
	nikhil.agarwal@amd.com, kys@microsoft.com,
	haiyangz@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org, decui@microsoft.com,
	longli@microsoft.com, andersson@kernel.org,
	mathieu.poirier@linaro.org
Cc: driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
	Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] rpmsg: use generic driver_override infrastructure
Date: Tue,  5 May 2026 15:37:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260505133935.3772495-5-dakr@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260505133935.3772495-1-dakr@kernel.org>

When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match()
callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the
driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF.

Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking
care of proper locking internally.

Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock
held is intentional. [1]

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/ [1]
Reported-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Fixes: e95060478244 ("rpmsg: Introduce a driver override mechanism")
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c |  2 --
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c        | 43 +++++--------------------------
 drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c  |  1 -
 include/linux/rpmsg.h             |  4 ---
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index 401a4ece0c97..d9d4468e4cbd 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1626,7 +1626,6 @@ static void qcom_glink_rpdev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
 
-	kfree(rpdev->driver_override);
 	kfree(rpdev);
 }
 
@@ -1862,7 +1861,6 @@ static void qcom_glink_device_release(struct device *dev)
 
 	/* Release qcom_glink_alloc_channel() reference */
 	kref_put(&channel->refcount, qcom_glink_channel_release);
-	kfree(rpdev->driver_override);
 	kfree(rpdev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
index e7f7831d37f8..c56f69c22e42 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
@@ -358,33 +358,6 @@ rpmsg_show_attr(src, src, "0x%x\n");
 rpmsg_show_attr(dst, dst, "0x%x\n");
 rpmsg_show_attr(announce, announce ? "true" : "false", "%s\n");
 
-static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
-				     struct device_attribute *attr,
-				     const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = driver_set_override(dev, &rpdev->driver_override, buf, count);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return count;
-}
-
-static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev,
-				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-	ssize_t len;
-
-	device_lock(dev);
-	len = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", rpdev->driver_override);
-	device_unlock(dev);
-	return len;
-}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);
-
 static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev,
 			     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -405,7 +378,6 @@ static struct attribute *rpmsg_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_dst.attr,
 	&dev_attr_src.attr,
 	&dev_attr_announce.attr,
-	&dev_attr_driver_override.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(rpmsg_dev);
@@ -424,9 +396,11 @@ static int rpmsg_dev_match(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *drv)
 	const struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(drv);
 	const struct rpmsg_device_id *ids = rpdrv->id_table;
 	unsigned int i;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (rpdev->driver_override)
-		return !strcmp(rpdev->driver_override, drv->name);
+	ret = device_match_driver_override(dev, drv);
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (ids)
 		for (i = 0; ids[i].name[0]; i++)
@@ -535,6 +509,7 @@ static const struct bus_type rpmsg_bus = {
 	.name		= "rpmsg",
 	.match		= rpmsg_dev_match,
 	.dev_groups	= rpmsg_dev_groups,
+	.driver_override = true,
 	.uevent		= rpmsg_uevent,
 	.probe		= rpmsg_dev_probe,
 	.remove		= rpmsg_dev_remove,
@@ -560,11 +535,9 @@ int rpmsg_register_device_override(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
 
 	device_initialize(dev);
 	if (driver_override) {
-		ret = driver_set_override(dev, &rpdev->driver_override,
-					  driver_override,
-					  strlen(driver_override));
+		ret = device_set_driver_override(dev, driver_override);
 		if (ret) {
-			dev_err(dev, "device_set_override failed: %d\n", ret);
+			dev_err(dev, "device_set_driver_override() failed: %d\n", ret);
 			put_device(dev);
 			return ret;
 		}
@@ -573,8 +546,6 @@ int rpmsg_register_device_override(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
 	ret = device_add(dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "device_add failed: %d\n", ret);
-		kfree(rpdev->driver_override);
-		rpdev->driver_override = NULL;
 		put_device(dev);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 5ae15111fb4f..1b8bb05924af 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ static void virtio_rpmsg_release_device(struct device *dev)
 	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
 	struct virtio_rpmsg_channel *vch = to_virtio_rpmsg_channel(rpdev);
 
-	kfree(rpdev->driver_override);
 	kfree(vch);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg.h b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
index 83266ce14642..2e40eb54155e 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ struct rpmsg_channel_info {
  * rpmsg_device - device that belong to the rpmsg bus
  * @dev: the device struct
  * @id: device id (used to match between rpmsg drivers and devices)
- * @driver_override: driver name to force a match; do not set directly,
- *                   because core frees it; use driver_set_override() to
- *                   set or clear it.
  * @src: local address
  * @dst: destination address
  * @ept: the rpmsg endpoint of this channel
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@ struct rpmsg_channel_info {
 struct rpmsg_device {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct rpmsg_device_id id;
-	const char *driver_override;
 	u32 src;
 	u32 dst;
 	struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-05 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-05 13:37 [PATCH v2 0/5] treewide: Convert buses to use generic driver_override Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-05 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] amba: use generic driver_override infrastructure Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-05 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] cdx: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-05 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] Drivers: hv: vmbus: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-05 13:37 ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-05-05 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] driver core: remove driver_set_override() Danilo Krummrich

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