[PATCH] spi: stm32: drop devres version of spi_register_master
Alain Volmat
alain.volmat at foss.st.com
Thu Mar 18 07:22:38 GMT 2021
Hi Lukas,
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:17:44PM +0100, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:34:46AM +0100, Alain Volmat wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/spi/spi-stm32.c
> > +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-stm32.c
> > @@ -1960,6 +1960,7 @@ static int stm32_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > struct spi_master *master = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > struct stm32_spi *spi = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
> >
> > + spi_unregister_master(master);
> > spi->cfg->disable(spi);
> >
> > if (master->dma_tx)
>
> This introduces a use-after-free because spi_unregister_master()
> drops the last reference on the spi_master allocation (which includes
> the struct stm32_spi), causing it to be freed, yet the stm32_spi
> struct is accessed afterwards.
Indeed. Thanks. I've fixed that and will post it.
> You need to convert the driver to devm_spi_alloc_master() to
> fix the use-after-free. See commit 6cfd39e212de for an example.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lukas
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