Imagine below scene, spidev is referenced after it's freed.
spidev_release() spidev_remove()
...
spin_lock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock);
spidev->spi = NULL;
spin_unlock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock);
mutex_lock(&device_list_lock);
dofree = (spidev->spi == NULL);
if (dofree)
kfree(spidev);
mutex_unlock(&device_list_lock);
mutex_lock(&device_list_lock);
list_del(&spidev->device_entry);
device_destroy(spidev_class, spidev->devt);
clear_bit(MINOR(spidev->devt), minors);
if (spidev->users == 0)
kfree(spidev);
mutex_unlock(&device_list_lock);
Fix it by resetting spidev->spi in device_list_lock's protection.
Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200618032125.4650-1-zhenzhong.duan@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
{
struct spidev_data *spidev = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
+ /* prevent new opens */
+ mutex_lock(&device_list_lock);
/* make sure ops on existing fds can abort cleanly */
spin_lock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock);
spidev->spi = NULL;
spin_unlock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock);
- /* prevent new opens */
- mutex_lock(&device_list_lock);
list_del(&spidev->device_entry);
device_destroy(spidev_class, spidev->devt);
clear_bit(MINOR(spidev->devt), minors);