[PATCH v3 4/4] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Introduce rwsem for protecting ec_dev

From: Tzung-Bi Shih

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 01:30:03 EST


Introduce a rwsem for protecting `ec_dev` to prevent Use-After-Free on
the `ec_dev`.

- Writers: In driver's probe() and remove().
- Readers: In file operations.

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Check availability of `ec_dev` at the top of fops.
- Fix removal order in .remove().
- Add R-b tag.

v2:
- New to the series.

v1: Doesn't exist.

drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
index 7e046fc56998..25ad409523b8 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
struct chardev_pdata {
struct miscdevice misc;
struct kref kref;
+ struct rw_semaphore ec_dev_sem;
struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev;
u16 cmd_offset;
struct blocking_notifier_head subscribers;
@@ -122,10 +124,18 @@ static int cros_ec_chardev_mkbp_event(struct notifier_block *nb,
{
struct chardev_priv *priv = container_of(nb, struct chardev_priv,
notifier);
- struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev = priv->pdata->ec_dev;
+ struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev;
struct ec_event *event;
- unsigned long event_bit = 1 << ec_dev->event_data.event_type;
- int total_size = sizeof(*event) + ec_dev->event_size;
+ unsigned long event_bit;
+ int total_size;
+
+ guard(rwsem_read)(&priv->pdata->ec_dev_sem);
+ if (!priv->pdata->ec_dev)
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+ ec_dev = priv->pdata->ec_dev;
+
+ event_bit = 1 << ec_dev->event_data.event_type;
+ total_size = sizeof(*event) + ec_dev->event_size;

if (!(event_bit & priv->event_mask) ||
(priv->event_len + total_size) > CROS_MAX_EVENT_LEN)
@@ -219,6 +229,10 @@ static __poll_t cros_ec_chardev_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
{
struct chardev_priv *priv = filp->private_data;

+ guard(rwsem_read)(&priv->pdata->ec_dev_sem);
+ if (!priv->pdata->ec_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
poll_wait(filp, &priv->wait_event, wait);

if (list_empty(&priv->events))
@@ -236,6 +250,10 @@ static ssize_t cros_ec_chardev_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer,
size_t count;
int ret;

+ guard(rwsem_read)(&priv->pdata->ec_dev_sem);
+ if (!priv->pdata->ec_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
if (priv->event_mask) { /* queued MKBP event */
struct ec_event *event;

@@ -374,6 +392,10 @@ static long cros_ec_chardev_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
{
struct chardev_priv *priv = filp->private_data;

+ guard(rwsem_read)(&priv->pdata->ec_dev_sem);
+ if (!priv->pdata->ec_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != CROS_EC_DEV_IOC)
return -ENOTTY;

@@ -414,6 +436,7 @@ static int cros_ec_chardev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pdata);
kref_init(&pdata->kref);
+ init_rwsem(&pdata->ec_dev_sem);
pdata->ec_dev = ec->ec_dev;
pdata->cmd_offset = ec->cmd_offset;
BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&pdata->subscribers);
@@ -448,10 +471,16 @@ static int cros_ec_chardev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
static void cros_ec_chardev_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct chardev_pdata *pdata = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+ struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev = pdata->ec_dev;

- blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&pdata->ec_dev->event_notifier,
- &pdata->relay);
+ /* stop new fops from being created */
misc_deregister(&pdata->misc);
+ /* stop existing fops from running */
+ scoped_guard(rwsem_write, &pdata->ec_dev_sem)
+ pdata->ec_dev = NULL;
+
+ blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&ec_dev->event_notifier,
+ &pdata->relay);
kref_put(&pdata->kref, chardev_pdata_release);
}

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