From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEDE72DEA9D; Tue, 11 Nov 2025 01:24:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762824264; cv=none; b=b7AfMfhjvQT7FmoOCBbO9ISSQCpGHpIXkAnsXHFjWW/pUTvfdBAXHm4jVLXnKe2NVlHnh8YBldgXPRx3E2074Xs3/4W9bR0z6VvtfRsW00e5YBxAlcIs+fvyBdPKsgSLJbpNIAp6NCfiuMOzVvxRllTXDjGsIMbXvHoX/aKhDnA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762824264; c=relaxed/simple; bh=iWdm0e9PMbesC4CbJfD8esl7JmZxkZwnSTiweqJwHQc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=mzRhJ4vY86GlbfFkt+9Gy+kkZGJQL3YhhjRrMxRDLV476bevpM3nc1F2TL6RxN4CwP3G/WxqVsx9Sl0vpQlwnfpY6GqX8N+Jprh8rzw+11eFF4A+Tu3TYw9j/duiKefTjcMxxAjhhbuawZ9kQBCAkaTbF9Dyz66Oez8RvCi7Aoc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=QqHiMDZa; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="QqHiMDZa" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2B3B5C116B1; Tue, 11 Nov 2025 01:24:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1762824263; bh=iWdm0e9PMbesC4CbJfD8esl7JmZxkZwnSTiweqJwHQc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=QqHiMDZaKrd1EYkW5gc7WD1dNSG3JxvcvQrqlrCCRFlJDfpfFJ7REfBPm+cCbFh2t KbnWknPiyhq3joAQhIuUtEhYW+IWlbUg+u7ty73Q50+D8fBndLAnaBbQ/9dR22E+Ya zIASbAcVjU1vAFUogfh2hkZeuxzfr1Ihgckh1w8M= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Xion Wang , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.17 473/849] char: Use list_del_init() in misc_deregister() to reinitialize list pointer Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:40:43 +0900 Message-ID: <20251111004547.883688690@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.2 In-Reply-To: <20251111004536.460310036@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20251111004536.460310036@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.17-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Xion Wang [ Upstream commit e28022873c0d051e980c4145f1965cab5504b498 ] Currently, misc_deregister() uses list_del() to remove the device from the list. After list_del(), the list pointers are set to LIST_POISON1 and LIST_POISON2, which may help catch use-after-free bugs, but does not reset the list head. If misc_deregister() is called more than once on the same device, list_empty() will not return true, and list_del() may be called again, leading to undefined behavior. Replace list_del() with list_del_init() to reinitialize the list head after deletion. This makes the code more robust against double deregistration and allows safe usage of list_empty() on the miscdevice after deregistration. [ Note, this seems to keep broken out-of-tree drivers from doing foolish things. While this does not matter for any in-kernel drivers, external drivers could use a bit of help to show them they shouldn't be doing stuff like re-registering misc devices - gregkh ] Signed-off-by: Xion Wang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250904063714.28925-2-xion.wang@mediatek.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/char/misc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index 4c276b8066ff8..ea5b4975347a0 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc) return; mutex_lock(&misc_mtx); - list_del(&misc->list); + list_del_init(&misc->list); device_destroy(&misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor)); misc_minor_free(misc->minor); if (misc->minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR) -- 2.51.0