[PATCH v4 01/12] crypto: atmel-ecc - fix use after free situation
Lothar Rubusch
l.rubusch at gmail.com
Fri May 22 16:01:23 PDT 2026
Fixes a possible race condition, when having multiple of such devices
attached (identified by sashiko feedback).
The Scenario:
Thread A (Device 1 Probe): Successfully adds i2c_priv to the global
list (Line 324). The lock is released.
Thread B (An active crypto request): Concurrently calls
atmel_ecc_i2c_client_alloc(). It scans the global list, sees
Device 1, and assigns a crypto job to it.
Thread A: Moves to line 332. crypto_register_kpp() fails (e.g., out of
memory or name clash).
Thread A: Enters the error path. It removes Device 1 from the list and
frees the i2c_priv memory.
Thread B: Is still actively trying to talk to the I2C hardware using
the i2c_priv pointer it grabbed in Step 2. The memory is now
gone. Result: Kernel crash (Use-After-Free).
Fixes: 11105693fa05 ("crypto: atmel-ecc - introduce Microchip / Atmel ECC driver")
Signed-off-by: Lothar Rubusch <l.rubusch at gmail.com>
---
drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c | 10 ++++++++++
drivers/crypto/atmel-i2c.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
index 9660f6426a84..94360d29f9f9 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ static struct i2c_client *atmel_ecc_i2c_client_alloc(void)
list_for_each_entry(i2c_priv, &driver_data.i2c_client_list,
i2c_client_list_node) {
+ if (!i2c_priv->ready)
+ continue;
tfm_cnt = atomic_read(&i2c_priv->tfm_count);
if (tfm_cnt < min_tfm_cnt) {
min_tfm_cnt = tfm_cnt;
@@ -322,20 +324,24 @@ static int atmel_ecc_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
return ret;
i2c_priv = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+ i2c_priv->ready = false;
spin_lock(&driver_data.i2c_list_lock);
list_add_tail(&i2c_priv->i2c_client_list_node,
&driver_data.i2c_client_list);
+ i2c_priv->ready = true;
spin_unlock(&driver_data.i2c_list_lock);
ret = crypto_register_kpp(&atmel_ecdh_nist_p256);
if (ret) {
spin_lock(&driver_data.i2c_list_lock);
+ i2c_priv->ready = false;
list_del(&i2c_priv->i2c_client_list_node);
spin_unlock(&driver_data.i2c_list_lock);
dev_err(&client->dev, "%s alg registration failed\n",
atmel_ecdh_nist_p256.base.cra_driver_name);
+ return ret;
} else {
dev_info(&client->dev, "atmel ecc algorithms registered in /proc/crypto\n");
}
@@ -347,6 +353,10 @@ static void atmel_ecc_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
{
struct atmel_i2c_client_priv *i2c_priv = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+ spin_lock(&driver_data.i2c_list_lock);
+ i2c_priv->ready = false;
+ spin_unlock(&driver_data.i2c_list_lock);
+
/* Return EBUSY if i2c client already allocated. */
if (atomic_read(&i2c_priv->tfm_count)) {
/*
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-i2c.h b/drivers/crypto/atmel-i2c.h
index 72f04c15682f..e3b12030f9c4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-i2c.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-i2c.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct atmel_ecc_driver_data {
* @wake_token_sz : size in bytes of the wake_token
* @tfm_count : number of active crypto transformations on i2c client
* @hwrng : hold the hardware generated rng
+ * @ready : hw client is ready to use
*
* Reads and writes from/to the i2c client are sequential. The first byte
* transmitted to the device is treated as the byte size. Any attempt to send
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ struct atmel_i2c_client_priv {
size_t wake_token_sz;
atomic_t tfm_count ____cacheline_aligned;
struct hwrng hwrng;
+ bool ready;
};
/**
--
2.39.5
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