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* [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device
@ 2026-05-20 14:01 David Sauerwein
  2026-05-20 14:02 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] driver core: platform: use generic driver_override infrastructure David Sauerwein
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Sauerwein @ 2026-05-20 14:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable
  Cc: nh-open-source, Danilo Krummrich, Gui-Dong Han,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Sasha Levin, David Sauerwein

From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit cb3d1049f4ea77d5ad93f17d8ac1f2ed4da70501 ]

Currently, there are 12 busses (including platform and PCI) that
duplicate the driver_override logic for their individual devices.

All of them seem to be prone to the bug described in [1].

While this could be solved for every bus individually using a separate
lock, solving this in the driver-core generically results in less (and
cleaner) changes overall.

Thus, move driver_override to struct device, provide corresponding
accessors for busses and handle locking with a separate lock internally.

In particular, add device_set_driver_override(),
device_has_driver_override(), device_match_driver_override() and
generalize the sysfs store() and show() callbacks via a driver_override
feature flag in struct bus_type.

Until all busses have migrated, keep driver_set_override() in place.

Note that we can't use the device lock for the reasons described in [2].

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/ [2]
Tested-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303115720.48783-2-dakr@kernel.org
[ Use dev->bus instead of sp->bus for consistency; fix commit message to
  refer to the struct bus_type's driver_override feature flag. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 2b38efc05bf7 ("driver core: platform: use generic driver_override infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David Sauerwein <dssauerw@amazon.de>
---
 drivers/base/bus.c         | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/base/core.c        |  2 ++
 drivers/base/dd.c          | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/device.h     | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/device/bus.h |  4 +++
 5 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index b97e13a52c33..ae57df879bca 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -463,6 +463,36 @@ int bus_for_each_drv(const struct bus_type *bus, struct device_driver *start,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_for_each_drv);
 
+static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr,
+				     const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __device_set_driver_override(dev, buf, count);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	guard(spinlock)(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", dev->driver_override.name);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);
+
+static struct attribute *driver_override_dev_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_driver_override.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group driver_override_dev_group = {
+	.attrs = driver_override_dev_attrs,
+};
+
 /**
  * bus_add_device - add device to bus
  * @dev: device being added
@@ -496,9 +526,15 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device *dev)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_put;
 
+	if (dev->bus->driver_override) {
+		error = device_add_group(dev, &driver_override_dev_group);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_groups;
+	}
+
 	error = sysfs_create_link(&sp->devices_kset->kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 	if (error)
-		goto out_groups;
+		goto out_override;
 
 	error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &sp->subsys.kobj, "subsystem");
 	if (error)
@@ -509,6 +545,9 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device *dev)
 
 out_subsys:
 	sysfs_remove_link(&sp->devices_kset->kobj, dev_name(dev));
+out_override:
+	if (dev->bus->driver_override)
+		device_remove_group(dev, &driver_override_dev_group);
 out_groups:
 	device_remove_groups(dev, sp->bus->dev_groups);
 out_put:
@@ -567,6 +606,8 @@ void bus_remove_device(struct device *dev)
 
 	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
 	sysfs_remove_link(&sp->devices_kset->kobj, dev_name(dev));
+	if (dev->bus->driver_override)
+		device_remove_group(dev, &driver_override_dev_group);
 	device_remove_groups(dev, dev->bus->dev_groups);
 	if (klist_node_attached(&dev->p->knode_bus))
 		klist_del(&dev->p->knode_bus);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 3c172e6d3fe0..5048849cb97a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2505,6 +2505,7 @@ static void device_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 	devres_release_all(dev);
 
 	kfree(dev->dma_range_map);
+	kfree(dev->driver_override.name);
 
 	if (dev->release)
 		dev->release(dev);
@@ -3153,6 +3154,7 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev)
 	kobject_init(&dev->kobj, &device_ktype);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dma_pools);
 	mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
+	spin_lock_init(&dev->driver_override.lock);
 	lockdep_set_novalidate_class(&dev->mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->devres_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->devres_head);
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index d371c3437dc6..44f9d0a06d5b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -380,6 +380,66 @@ static void __exit deferred_probe_exit(void)
 }
 __exitcall(deferred_probe_exit);
 
+int __device_set_driver_override(struct device *dev, const char *s, size_t len)
+{
+	const char *new, *old;
+	char *cp;
+
+	if (!s)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * The stored value will be used in sysfs show callback (sysfs_emit()),
+	 * which has a length limit of PAGE_SIZE and adds a trailing newline.
+	 * Thus we can store one character less to avoid truncation during sysfs
+	 * show.
+	 */
+	if (len >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Compute the real length of the string in case userspace sends us a
+	 * bunch of \0 characters like python likes to do.
+	 */
+	len = strlen(s);
+
+	if (!len) {
+		/* Empty string passed - clear override */
+		spin_lock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+		old = dev->driver_override.name;
+		dev->driver_override.name = NULL;
+		spin_unlock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+		kfree(old);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	cp = strnchr(s, len, '\n');
+	if (cp)
+		len = cp - s;
+
+	new = kstrndup(s, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	spin_lock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+	old = dev->driver_override.name;
+	if (cp != s) {
+		dev->driver_override.name = new;
+		spin_unlock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+	} else {
+		/* "\n" passed - clear override */
+		dev->driver_override.name = NULL;
+		spin_unlock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+
+		kfree(new);
+	}
+	kfree(old);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__device_set_driver_override);
+
 /**
  * device_is_bound() - Check if device is bound to a driver
  * @dev: device to check
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 8fb9bd71fcd0..2a9017eec15c 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -643,6 +643,8 @@ enum struct_device_flags {
  * 		on.  This shrinks the "Board Support Packages" (BSPs) and
  * 		minimizes board-specific #ifdefs in drivers.
  * @driver_data: Private pointer for driver specific info.
+ * @driver_override: Driver name to force a match.  Do not touch directly; use
+ *		     device_set_driver_override() instead.
  * @links:	Links to suppliers and consumers of this device.
  * @power:	For device power management.
  *		See Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst for details.
@@ -735,6 +737,10 @@ struct device {
 					   core doesn't touch it */
 	void		*driver_data;	/* Driver data, set and get with
 					   dev_set_drvdata/dev_get_drvdata */
+	struct {
+		const char	*name;
+		spinlock_t	lock;
+	} driver_override;
 	struct mutex		mutex;	/* mutex to synchronize calls to
 					 * its driver.
 					 */
@@ -882,6 +888,54 @@ struct device_link {
 
 #define kobj_to_dev(__kobj)	container_of_const(__kobj, struct device, kobj)
 
+int __device_set_driver_override(struct device *dev, const char *s, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * device_set_driver_override() - Helper to set or clear driver override.
+ * @dev: Device to change
+ * @s: NUL-terminated string, new driver name to force a match, pass empty
+ *     string to clear it ("" or "\n", where the latter is only for sysfs
+ *     interface).
+ *
+ * Helper to set or clear driver override of a device.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+static inline int device_set_driver_override(struct device *dev, const char *s)
+{
+	return __device_set_driver_override(dev, s, s ? strlen(s) : 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * device_has_driver_override() - Check if a driver override has been set.
+ * @dev: device to check
+ *
+ * Returns true if a driver override has been set for this device.
+ */
+static inline bool device_has_driver_override(struct device *dev)
+{
+	guard(spinlock)(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+	return !!dev->driver_override.name;
+}
+
+/**
+ * device_match_driver_override() - Match a driver against the device's driver_override.
+ * @dev: device to check
+ * @drv: driver to match against
+ *
+ * Returns > 0 if a driver override is set and matches the given driver, 0 if a
+ * driver override is set but does not match, or < 0 if a driver override is not
+ * set at all.
+ */
+static inline int device_match_driver_override(struct device *dev,
+					       const struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+	guard(spinlock)(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+	if (dev->driver_override.name)
+		return !strcmp(dev->driver_override.name, drv->name);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 /**
  * device_iommu_mapped - Returns true when the device DMA is translated
  *			 by an IOMMU
diff --git a/include/linux/device/bus.h b/include/linux/device/bus.h
index ae10c4322754..d43ce072d747 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/bus.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/bus.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ struct fwnode_handle;
  * @iommu_ops:  IOMMU specific operations for this bus, used to attach IOMMU
  *              driver implementations to a bus and allow the driver to do
  *              bus-specific setup
+ * @driver_override:	Set to true if this bus supports the driver_override
+ *			mechanism, which allows userspace to force a specific
+ *			driver to bind to a device via a sysfs attribute.
  * @need_parent_lock:	When probing or removing a device on this bus, the
  *			device core should lock the device's parent.
  *
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ struct bus_type {
 
 	const struct iommu_ops *iommu_ops;
 
+	bool driver_override;
 	bool need_parent_lock;
 };
 
-- 
2.47.3




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* [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] driver core: platform: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  2026-05-20 14:01 [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device David Sauerwein
@ 2026-05-20 14:02 ` David Sauerwein
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Sauerwein @ 2026-05-20 14:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable
  Cc: nh-open-source, Danilo Krummrich, Gui-Dong Han,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Sasha Levin, David Sauerwein

From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 2b38efc05bf7a8568ec74bfffea0f5cfa62bc01d ]

When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match()
callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the
driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF.

Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking
care of proper locking internally.

Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock
held is intentional. [1]

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/ [1]
Reported-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Fixes: 3d713e0e382e ("driver core: platform: add device binding path 'driver_override'")
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303115720.48783-5-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David Sauerwein <dssauerw@amazon.de>
---
 drivers/base/platform.c         | 37 +++++----------------------------
 drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c     |  4 ++--
 drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c       |  3 +--
 drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c |  6 ++----
 include/linux/platform_device.h |  5 -----
 sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c         |  6 +++---
 6 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 76bfcba25003..1cc9a876b3cd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -561,7 +561,6 @@ static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
 	kfree(pa->pdev.dev.platform_data);
 	kfree(pa->pdev.mfd_cell);
 	kfree(pa->pdev.resource);
-	kfree(pa->pdev.driver_override);
 	kfree(pa);
 }
 
@@ -1265,38 +1264,9 @@ static ssize_t numa_node_show(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(numa_node);
 
-static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev,
-				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-	ssize_t len;
-
-	device_lock(dev);
-	len = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", pdev->driver_override);
-	device_unlock(dev);
-
-	return len;
-}
-
-static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
-				     struct device_attribute *attr,
-				     const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = driver_set_override(dev, &pdev->driver_override, buf, count);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return count;
-}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);
-
 static struct attribute *platform_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_modalias.attr,
 	&dev_attr_numa_node.attr,
-	&dev_attr_driver_override.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -1336,10 +1306,12 @@ static int platform_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 	struct platform_driver *pdrv = to_platform_driver(drv);
+	int ret;
 
 	/* When driver_override is set, only bind to the matching driver */
-	if (pdev->driver_override)
-		return !strcmp(pdev->driver_override, drv->name);
+	ret = device_match_driver_override(dev, drv);
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Attempt an OF style match first */
 	if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv))
@@ -1482,6 +1454,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops platform_dev_pm_ops = {
 struct bus_type platform_bus_type = {
 	.name		= "platform",
 	.dev_groups	= platform_dev_groups,
+	.driver_override = true,
 	.match		= platform_match,
 	.uevent		= platform_uevent,
 	.probe		= platform_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c b/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c
index aafcc481de91..cb71774400d4 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int simple_pm_bus_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * that's not listed in simple_pm_bus_of_match. We don't want to do any
 	 * of the simple-pm-bus tasks for these devices, so return early.
 	 */
-	if (pdev->driver_override)
+	if (device_has_driver_override(&pdev->dev))
 		return 0;
 
 	match = of_match_device(dev->driver->of_match_table, dev);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int simple_pm_bus_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const void *data = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
 
-	if (pdev->driver_override || data)
+	if (device_has_driver_override(&pdev->dev) || data)
 		return 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
diff --git a/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c b/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c
index 564f549ec204..3a68576cdae7 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c
@@ -700,8 +700,7 @@ struct clk_hw *imx_clk_scu_alloc_dev(const char *name,
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
-	ret = driver_set_override(&pdev->dev, &pdev->driver_override,
-				  "imx-scu-clk", strlen("imx-scu-clk"));
+	ret = device_set_driver_override(&pdev->dev, "imx-scu-clk");
 	if (ret) {
 		platform_device_put(pdev);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
index fe3a96577f31..d0d289c49c8d 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
@@ -1537,10 +1537,8 @@ static int of_qcom_slim_ngd_register(struct device *parent,
 		ngd->id = id;
 		ngd->pdev->dev.parent = parent;
 
-		ret = driver_set_override(&ngd->pdev->dev,
-					  &ngd->pdev->driver_override,
-					  QCOM_SLIM_NGD_DRV_NAME,
-					  strlen(QCOM_SLIM_NGD_DRV_NAME));
+		ret = device_set_driver_override(&ngd->pdev->dev,
+						 QCOM_SLIM_NGD_DRV_NAME);
 		if (ret) {
 			platform_device_put(ngd->pdev);
 			kfree(ngd);
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 7a41c72c1959..8828b0d275d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ struct platform_device {
 	struct resource	*resource;
 
 	const struct platform_device_id	*id_entry;
-	/*
-	 * Driver name to force a match.  Do not set directly, because core
-	 * frees it.  Use driver_set_override() to set or clear it.
-	 */
-	const char *driver_override;
 
 	/* MFD cell pointer */
 	struct mfd_cell *mfd_cell;
diff --git a/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c b/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c
index 3af48c9b5ab7..925782e67673 100644
--- a/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c
@@ -1364,10 +1364,10 @@ static int i2s_create_secondary_device(struct samsung_i2s_priv *priv)
 	if (!pdev_sec)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	pdev_sec->driver_override = kstrdup("samsung-i2s", GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pdev_sec->driver_override) {
+	ret = device_set_driver_override(&pdev_sec->dev, "samsung-i2s");
+	if (ret) {
 		platform_device_put(pdev_sec);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	ret = platform_device_add(pdev_sec);
-- 
2.47.3




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