[PATCH v2 10/11] firmware: arm_ffa: Snapshot notifier callbacks under lock

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at kernel.org
Tue Apr 28 11:33:34 PDT 2026


Both notification handlers currently look up a notifier callback under
notify_lock, drop the lock, and then dereference the returned
notifier entry. A concurrent unregister can delete and free that
entry in the gap, leaving the handler to dereference stale memory.

Copy the callback pointer and callback data while notify_lock is
still held and invoke the callback only after the lock is dropped.
This keeps the existing callback execution model while removing the
use-after-free window in both the framework and non-framework
notification paths.

Fixes: 285a5ea0f542 ("firmware: arm_ffa: Add support for handling framework notifications")
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
index 9181cc752ce1..2e9820395162 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
@@ -1465,20 +1465,25 @@ static int ffa_notify_send(struct ffa_device *dev, int notify_id,
 
 static void handle_notif_callbacks(u64 bitmap, enum notify_type type)
 {
+	ffa_notifier_cb cb;
+	void *cb_data;
 	int notify_id;
-	struct notifier_cb_info *cb_info = NULL;
 
 	for (notify_id = 0; notify_id <= FFA_MAX_NOTIFICATIONS && bitmap;
 	     notify_id++, bitmap >>= 1) {
 		if (!(bitmap & 1))
 			continue;
 
-		read_lock(&drv_info->notify_lock);
-		cb_info = notifier_hnode_get_by_type(notify_id, type);
-		read_unlock(&drv_info->notify_lock);
+		scoped_guard(read_lock, &drv_info->notify_lock) {
+			struct notifier_cb_info *cb_info;
+
+			cb_info = notifier_hnode_get_by_type(notify_id, type);
+			cb = cb_info ? cb_info->cb : NULL;
+			cb_data = cb_info ? cb_info->cb_data : NULL;
+		}
 
-		if (cb_info && cb_info->cb)
-			cb_info->cb(notify_id, cb_info->cb_data);
+		if (cb)
+			cb(notify_id, cb_data);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1486,9 +1491,10 @@ static void handle_fwk_notif_callbacks(u32 bitmap)
 {
 	void *buf;
 	uuid_t uuid;
+	void *fwk_cb_data;
 	int notify_id = 0, target;
+	ffa_fwk_notifier_cb fwk_cb;
 	struct ffa_indirect_msg_hdr *msg;
-	struct notifier_cb_info *cb_info = NULL;
 	size_t min_offset = offsetof(struct ffa_indirect_msg_hdr, uuid);
 
 	/* Only one framework notification defined and supported for now */
@@ -1524,12 +1530,17 @@ static void handle_fwk_notif_callbacks(u32 bitmap)
 		ffa_rx_release();
 	}
 
-	read_lock(&drv_info->notify_lock);
-	cb_info = notifier_hnode_get_by_vmid_uuid(notify_id, target, &uuid);
-	read_unlock(&drv_info->notify_lock);
+	scoped_guard(read_lock, &drv_info->notify_lock) {
+		struct notifier_cb_info *cb_info;
+
+		cb_info = notifier_hnode_get_by_vmid_uuid(notify_id, target,
+							  &uuid);
+		fwk_cb = cb_info ? cb_info->fwk_cb : NULL;
+		fwk_cb_data = cb_info ? cb_info->cb_data : NULL;
+	}
 
-	if (cb_info && cb_info->fwk_cb)
-		cb_info->fwk_cb(notify_id, cb_info->cb_data, buf);
+	if (fwk_cb)
+		fwk_cb(notify_id, fwk_cb_data, buf);
 	kfree(buf);
 }
 

-- 
2.43.0




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