From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
To: "Russell King" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
"Ioana Ciornei" <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>,
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"Armin Wolf" <W_Armin@gmx.de>,
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/12] spi: use generic driver_override infrastructure
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:59:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260324005919.2408620-12-dakr@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260324005919.2408620-1-dakr@kernel.org>
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]
Also note that we do not enable the driver_override feature of struct
bus_type, as SPI - in contrast to most other buses - passes "" to
sysfs_emit() when the driver_override pointer is NULL. Thus, printing
"\n" instead of "(null)\n".
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: 5039563e7c25 ("spi: Add driver_override SPI device attribute")
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
---
drivers/spi/spi.c | 19 +++++++------------
include/linux/spi/spi.h | 5 -----
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 53dee314d76a..4101c2803eb3 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static void spidev_release(struct device *dev)
struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
spi_controller_put(spi->controller);
- kfree(spi->driver_override);
free_percpu(spi->pcpu_statistics);
kfree(spi);
}
@@ -73,10 +72,9 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *a,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
int ret;
- ret = driver_set_override(dev, &spi->driver_override, buf, count);
+ ret = __device_set_driver_override(dev, buf, count);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -86,13 +84,8 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *a, char *buf)
{
- const struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
- ssize_t len;
-
- device_lock(dev);
- len = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", spi->driver_override ? : "");
- device_unlock(dev);
- return len;
+ guard(spinlock)(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", dev->driver_override.name ?: "");
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);
@@ -376,10 +369,12 @@ static int spi_match_device(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *drv)
{
const struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
const struct spi_driver *sdrv = to_spi_driver(drv);
+ int ret;
/* Check override first, and if set, only use the named driver */
- if (spi->driver_override)
- return strcmp(spi->driver_override, drv->name) == 0;
+ ret = device_match_driver_override(dev, drv);
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ return ret;
/* Attempt an OF style match */
if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv))
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index af7cfee7b8f6..0dc671c07d3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ extern void spi_transfer_cs_change_delay_exec(struct spi_message *msg,
* @modalias: Name of the driver to use with this device, or an alias
* for that name. This appears in the sysfs "modalias" attribute
* for driver coldplugging, and in uevents used for hotplugging
- * @driver_override: If the name of a driver is written to this attribute, then
- * the device will bind to the named driver and only the named driver.
- * Do not set directly, because core frees it; use driver_set_override() to
- * set or clear it.
* @pcpu_statistics: statistics for the spi_device
* @word_delay: delay to be inserted between consecutive
* words of a transfer
@@ -224,7 +220,6 @@ struct spi_device {
void *controller_state;
void *controller_data;
char modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE];
- const char *driver_override;
/* The statistics */
struct spi_statistics __percpu *pcpu_statistics;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-24 1:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 0:59 [PATCH 00/12] treewide: Convert buses to use generic driver_override Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 01/12] amba: use generic driver_override infrastructure Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 02/12] bus: fsl-mc: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-25 12:01 ` Ioana Ciornei
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 03/12] cdx: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 04/12] hv: vmbus: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-25 17:28 ` Michael Kelley
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 05/12] PCI: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-25 3:08 ` Gui-Dong Han
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 06/12] platform/wmi: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-24 19:41 ` Armin Wolf
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 07/12] rpmsg: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-25 15:49 ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 08/12] vdpa: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-25 10:17 ` Eugenio Perez Martin
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 09/12] s390/cio: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-26 9:43 ` Vineeth Vijayan
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 10/12] s390/ap: " Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-24 12:41 ` Harald Freudenberger
2026-03-24 12:58 ` Holger Dengler
2026-03-24 0:59 ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-03-24 0:59 ` [PATCH 12/12] driver core: remove driver_set_override() Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-24 8:09 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-24 15:00 ` (subset) [PATCH 00/12] treewide: Convert buses to use generic driver_override Mark Brown
2026-03-25 9:29 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
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