[PATCH v4 1/4] dmaengine: Fix possible use after free
From: Nuno Sá via B4 Relay
Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 13:39:56 EST
From: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
In dma_release_channel(), check chan->device->privatecnt after call
dma_chan_put(). However, dma_chan_put() call dma_device_put() which could
release the last reference of the device if the DMA provider is already
gone and hence free it.
Fixes it by moving dma_chan_put() after the check.
Fixes: 0f571515c332 ("dmaengine: Add privatecnt to revert DMA_PRIVATE property")
Signed-off-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 405bd2fbb4a3..9049171df857 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -905,11 +905,12 @@ void dma_release_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
mutex_lock(&dma_list_mutex);
WARN_ONCE(chan->client_count != 1,
"chan reference count %d != 1\n", chan->client_count);
- dma_chan_put(chan);
/* drop PRIVATE cap enabled by __dma_request_channel() */
if (--chan->device->privatecnt == 0)
dma_cap_clear(DMA_PRIVATE, chan->device->cap_mask);
+ dma_chan_put(chan);
+
if (chan->slave) {
sysfs_remove_link(&chan->dev->device.kobj, DMA_SLAVE_NAME);
sysfs_remove_link(&chan->slave->kobj, chan->name);
--
2.54.0