From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
Cc: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com>,
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@treblig.org>,
Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@linaro.org>,
Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>,
linux-phy@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] phy: core: fix potential UAF in of_phy_simple_xlate()
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:57:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZejMSJ9qqRWb2pX@google.com> (raw)
The implementation put_device()s located device and then uses
container_of() on the pointer. The device may disappear by that time,
resulting in UAF.
Fix the problem by keeping the reference to the framer device,
avoiding getting an extra reference to it in framer_get(), and making
sure to drop the reference in error path when we fail to get the module.
Fixes: e6625db66212 ("phy: core: Simplify API of_phy_simple_xlate() implementation")
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
---
drivers/phy/phy-core.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
index 4ad396214d0c..cf62eb9ddca9 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
@@ -682,10 +682,10 @@ struct phy *of_phy_get(struct device_node *np, const char *con_id)
if (IS_ERR(phy))
return phy;
- if (!try_module_get(phy->ops->owner))
+ if (!try_module_get(phy->ops->owner)) {
+ put_device(&phy->dev);
return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
-
- get_device(&phy->dev);
+ }
return phy;
}
@@ -765,7 +765,6 @@ struct phy *of_phy_simple_xlate(struct device *dev,
if (!target_dev)
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
- put_device(target_dev);
return to_phy(target_dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_phy_simple_xlate);
--
2.53.0.345.g96ddfc5eaa-goog
--
Dmitry
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-19 23:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-19 23:57 Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2026-02-20 0:11 ` [PATCH] phy: core: fix potential UAF in of_phy_simple_xlate() Dmitry Torokhov
2026-02-21 1:01 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-02-23 23:15 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-02-24 0:37 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-02-24 15:47 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-02-24 20:38 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-02-25 23:50 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-02-28 3:44 ` Zijun Hu
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