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From: Carlo Szelinsky <github@szelinsky.de>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>,
	Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Carlo Szelinsky <github@szelinsky.de>
Subject: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: pse-pd: guard regulator ops against freed PI data during unregister
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:16:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260711121611.1639086-3-github@szelinsky.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260711121611.1639086-1-github@szelinsky.de>

The PSE PI regulators are devm-registered inside pse_controller_register(),
which runs before devres_add() arms the controller's own release in
devm_pse_controller_register(). On driver detach devres unwinds in LIFO
order, so pse_controller_unregister() runs first and frees pcdev->pi via
pse_release_pis(); the regulators are torn down afterwards.

When regulator_unregister() flushes a pending disable, the regulator core
invokes pse_pi_disable(), which dereferences pcdev->pi[id] (directly and
via _pse_pi_disable() -> pse_pi_deallocate_pw_budget()). At that point the
PI array is already freed, so this is a use-after-free. pse_pi_enable()
and pse_pi_is_enabled() dereference pcdev->pi[id] the same way and are
reachable by any regulator consumer that keeps a handle across the
teardown window.

Clear pcdev->pi after freeing it and bail out of the three regulator ops
that dereference it when it is NULL. Perform the kfree() and NULL store in
pse_release_pis() under pcdev->lock, and read pcdev->pi under the same lock
in the ops, so the NULL an op observes is authoritative even when the free
runs concurrently on another CPU: the op either sees the live array or
returns without touching freed memory.

The other three regulator ops (pse_pi_get_voltage(),
pse_pi_get_current_limit(), pse_pi_set_current_limit()) do not dereference
pcdev->pi and need no guard.

Fixes: ffef61d6d273 ("net: pse-pd: Add support for budget evaluation strategies")
Signed-off-by: Carlo Szelinsky <github@szelinsky.de>
---
 drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
index 6045b6c399c2..21ccb5146616 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
@@ -144,7 +144,13 @@ static void pse_release_pis(struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev)
 		of_node_put(pcdev->pi[i].pairset[1].np);
 		of_node_put(pcdev->pi[i].np);
 	}
+	/* Free under the lock so the NULL store is authoritative against
+	 * the regulator ops that read pcdev->pi under pcdev->lock.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
 	kfree(pcdev->pi);
+	pcdev->pi = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -421,6 +427,11 @@ static int pse_pi_is_enabled(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 
 	id = rdev_get_id(rdev);
 	mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
+	/* Controller may be unregistered (pcdev->pi freed) mid-teardown. */
+	if (!pcdev->pi) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	if (pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control(pcdev, pcdev->pi[id].pw_d)) {
 		ret = pcdev->pi[id].admin_state_enabled;
 		goto out;
@@ -674,6 +685,11 @@ static int pse_pi_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 
 	id = rdev_get_id(rdev);
 	mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
+	/* Controller may be unregistered (pcdev->pi freed) mid-teardown. */
+	if (!pcdev->pi) {
+		mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 	if (pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control(pcdev, pcdev->pi[id].pw_d)) {
 		/* Manage enabled status by software.
 		 * Real enable process will happen if a port is connected.
@@ -702,15 +718,20 @@ static int pse_pi_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 static int pse_pi_disable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
 	struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev = rdev_get_drvdata(rdev);
-	struct pse_pi *pi;
 	int id, ret;
 
 	id = rdev_get_id(rdev);
-	pi = &pcdev->pi[id];
 	mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
+	/* Reached via the regulator core's deferred-disable flush after
+	 * pcdev->pi is freed on unregister.
+	 */
+	if (!pcdev->pi) {
+		mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	ret = _pse_pi_disable(pcdev, id);
 	if (!ret)
-		pi->admin_state_enabled = 0;
+		pcdev->pi[id].admin_state_enabled = 0;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
 	return 0;
-- 
2.43.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-11 12:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-11 12:16 [PATCH net v2 0/2] net: pse-pd: fix use-after-free of PI array on controller unregister Carlo Szelinsky
2026-07-11 12:16 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: pse-pd: stop async event sources before freeing PI data in unregister Carlo Szelinsky
2026-07-11 12:16 ` Carlo Szelinsky [this message]

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