From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org, hanguidong02@gmail.com
Cc: Qiu-ji Chen <chenqiuji666@gmail.com>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)" <rafael@kernel.org>,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev
Subject: FAILED: Patch "driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:50:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260301015023.1716361-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From dc23806a7c47ec5f1293aba407fb69519f976ee0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:28:43 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()
Currently, driver_match_device() is called from three sites. One site
(__device_attach_driver) holds device_lock(dev), but the other two
(bind_store and __driver_attach) do not. This inconsistency means that
bus match() callbacks are not guaranteed to be called with the lock
held.
Fix this by introducing driver_match_device_locked(), which guarantees
holding the device lock using a scoped guard. Replace the unlocked calls
in bind_store() and __driver_attach() with this new helper. Also add a
lock assertion to driver_match_device() to enforce this guarantee.
This consistency also fixes a known race condition. The driver_override
implementation relies on the device_lock, so the missing lock led to the
use-after-free (UAF) reported in Bugzilla for buses using this field.
Stress testing the two newly locked paths for 24 hours with
CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING and CONFIG_LOCKDEP enabled showed no UAF recurrence
and no lockdep warnings.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Suggested-by: Qiu-ji Chen <chenqiuji666@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Fixes: 49b420a13ff9 ("driver core: check bus->match without holding device lock")
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260113162843.12712-1-hanguidong02@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
---
drivers/base/base.h | 9 +++++++++
drivers/base/bus.c | 2 +-
drivers/base/dd.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 430cbefbc97ff..677320881af15 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -182,9 +182,18 @@ void device_set_deferred_probe_reason(const struct device *dev, struct va_format
static inline int driver_match_device(const struct device_driver *drv,
struct device *dev)
{
+ device_lock_assert(dev);
+
return drv->bus->match ? drv->bus->match(dev, drv) : 1;
}
+static inline int driver_match_device_locked(const struct device_driver *drv,
+ struct device *dev)
+{
+ guard(device)(dev);
+ return driver_match_device(drv, dev);
+}
+
static inline void dev_sync_state(struct device *dev)
{
if (dev->bus->sync_state)
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 9eb7771706f01..331d750465e2f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static ssize_t bind_store(struct device_driver *drv, const char *buf,
int err = -ENODEV;
dev = bus_find_device_by_name(bus, NULL, buf);
- if (dev && driver_match_device(drv, dev)) {
+ if (dev && driver_match_device_locked(drv, dev)) {
err = device_driver_attach(drv, dev);
if (!err) {
/* success */
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index bea8da5f8a3a9..ed3a076248169 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int __driver_attach(struct device *dev, void *data)
* is an error.
*/
- ret = driver_match_device(drv, dev);
+ ret = driver_match_device_locked(drv, dev);
if (ret == 0) {
/* no match */
return 0;
--
2.51.0
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