[PATCH v2] crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path

[Herbert Xu]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 08:36:29PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Unregister the hwrng to prevent new ->read() calls and flush the Atmel
> I2C workqueue before teardown to prevent a potential UAF if a queued
> callback runs while the device is being removed.
> 
> Drop the early return to ensure sysfs entries are removed and
> ->hwrng.priv is freed, preventing a memory leak.
> 
> Fixes: da001fb651b0 ("crypto: atmel-i2c - add support for SHA204A random number generator")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum at linux.dev>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Unregister hwrng to avoid new ->read() calls and then flush the queue
> - Drop the ->tfm_count check and error logging after flushing (Herbert)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260221190424.85984-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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