Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Protect regulator_supply_alias_list with regulator_list_mutex

[Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.cirrus.com>]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 02:15:42PM +0800, sparkhuang wrote:
> regulator_supply_alias_list was accessed without any locking in
> regulator_supply_alias(), regulator_register_supply_alias(), and
> regulator_unregister_supply_alias(). Concurrent registration,
> unregistration and lookups can race, leading to:
> 
> 1 use-after-free if an alias entry is removed while being read,
> 2 duplicate entries when two threads register the same alias,
> 3 inconsistent alias mappings observed by consumers.
> 
> Protect all traversals, insertions and deletions on
> regulator_supply_alias_list with the existing regulator_list_mutex.
> 
> Fixes: a06ccd9c3785f ("regulator: core: Add ability to create a lookup alias for supply")
> Signed-off-by: sparkhuang <huangshaobo3@xiaomi.com>
> ---
>  {
>  	struct regulator_supply_alias *map;
> +	struct regulator_supply_alias *new_map;
>  
> -	map = regulator_find_supply_alias(dev, id);
> -	if (map)
> -		return -EEXIST;
> -
> -	map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct regulator_supply_alias), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!map)
> +	new_map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct regulator_supply_alias), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!new_map)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	map->src_dev = dev;
> -	map->src_supply = id;
> -	map->alias_dev = alias_dev;
> -	map->alias_supply = alias_id;
> +	mutex_lock(&regulator_list_mutex);
> +	map = regulator_find_supply_alias(dev, id);
> +	if (map) {
> +		mutex_unlock(&regulator_list_mutex);
> +		kfree(new_map);
> +		return -EEXIST;
> +	}
>  
> +	new_map->src_dev = dev;
> +	new_map->src_supply = id;
> +	new_map->alias_dev = alias_dev;
> +	new_map->alias_supply = alias_id;
>  	list_add(&map->list, &regulator_supply_alias_list);

In addition to Mark's comment the first argument here should be
the new item to add. Personally I would be inclined to just leave
the allocation inside the lock and not require the extra variable
but up to you.

Thanks,
Charles