[PATCH] drivers: core: Make dev->driver usage safe in dev_uevent()

From: Dirk Behme
Date: Tue Apr 30 2024 - 00:56:02 EST


Inspired by the function dev_driver_string() in the same file make sure
in case of uninitialization dev->driver is used safely in dev_uevent(),
as well.

This change is based on the observation of the following race condition:

Thread #1:
==========

really_probe() {
..
probe_failed:
..
device_unbind_cleanup(dev) {
...
dev->driver = NULL; // <= Failed probe sets dev->driver to NULL
...
}
..
}

Thread #2:
==========

dev_uevent() {
..
if (dev->driver)
// If dev->driver is NULLed from really_probe() from here on,
// after above check, the system crashes
add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);

dev_driver_string() can't be used here because we want NULL and not
anything else in the non-init case.

Similar cases are reported by syzkaller in

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ffa8143439596313a85a

But these are regarding the *initialization* of dev->driver

dev->driver = drv;

As this switches dev->driver to non-NULL these reports can be considered
to be false-positives (which should be "fixed" by this commit, as well,
though).

Fixes: 239378f16aa1 ("Driver core: add uevent vars for devices of a class")
Cc: syzbot+ffa8143439596313a85a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Eugeniu Rosca <eugeniu.rosca@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Eugeniu Rosca <eugeniu.rosca@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 5f4e03336e68..99ead727c08f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2639,6 +2639,7 @@ static const char *dev_uevent_name(const struct kobject *kobj)
static int dev_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
{
const struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+ struct device_driver *drv;
int retval = 0;

/* add device node properties if present */
@@ -2667,8 +2668,12 @@ static int dev_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
if (dev->type && dev->type->name)
add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);

- if (dev->driver)
- add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+ /* dev->driver can change to NULL underneath us because of unbinding
+ * or failing probe(), so be careful about accessing it.
+ */
+ drv = READ_ONCE(dev->driver);
+ if (drv)
+ add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", drv->name);

/* Add common DT information about the device */
of_device_uevent(dev, env);
--
2.28.0