[PATCH net v2 2/2] net: pse-pd: guard regulator ops against freed PI data during unregister
From: Carlo Szelinsky
Date: Sat Jul 11 2026 - 08:26:11 EST
The PSE PI regulators are devm-registered inside pse_controller_register(),
which runs before devres_add() arms the controller's own release in
devm_pse_controller_register(). On driver detach devres unwinds in LIFO
order, so pse_controller_unregister() runs first and frees pcdev->pi via
pse_release_pis(); the regulators are torn down afterwards.
When regulator_unregister() flushes a pending disable, the regulator core
invokes pse_pi_disable(), which dereferences pcdev->pi[id] (directly and
via _pse_pi_disable() -> pse_pi_deallocate_pw_budget()). At that point the
PI array is already freed, so this is a use-after-free. pse_pi_enable()
and pse_pi_is_enabled() dereference pcdev->pi[id] the same way and are
reachable by any regulator consumer that keeps a handle across the
teardown window.
Clear pcdev->pi after freeing it and bail out of the three regulator ops
that dereference it when it is NULL. Perform the kfree() and NULL store in
pse_release_pis() under pcdev->lock, and read pcdev->pi under the same lock
in the ops, so the NULL an op observes is authoritative even when the free
runs concurrently on another CPU: the op either sees the live array or
returns without touching freed memory.
The other three regulator ops (pse_pi_get_voltage(),
pse_pi_get_current_limit(), pse_pi_set_current_limit()) do not dereference
pcdev->pi and need no guard.
Fixes: ffef61d6d273 ("net: pse-pd: Add support for budget evaluation strategies")
Signed-off-by: Carlo Szelinsky <github@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
index 6045b6c399c2..21ccb5146616 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
@@ -144,7 +144,13 @@ static void pse_release_pis(struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev)
of_node_put(pcdev->pi[i].pairset[1].np);
of_node_put(pcdev->pi[i].np);
}
+ /* Free under the lock so the NULL store is authoritative against
+ * the regulator ops that read pcdev->pi under pcdev->lock.
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
kfree(pcdev->pi);
+ pcdev->pi = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
}
/**
@@ -421,6 +427,11 @@ static int pse_pi_is_enabled(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
id = rdev_get_id(rdev);
mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
+ /* Controller may be unregistered (pcdev->pi freed) mid-teardown. */
+ if (!pcdev->pi) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto out;
+ }
if (pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control(pcdev, pcdev->pi[id].pw_d)) {
ret = pcdev->pi[id].admin_state_enabled;
goto out;
@@ -674,6 +685,11 @@ static int pse_pi_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
id = rdev_get_id(rdev);
mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
+ /* Controller may be unregistered (pcdev->pi freed) mid-teardown. */
+ if (!pcdev->pi) {
+ mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
if (pse_pw_d_is_sw_pw_control(pcdev, pcdev->pi[id].pw_d)) {
/* Manage enabled status by software.
* Real enable process will happen if a port is connected.
@@ -702,15 +718,20 @@ static int pse_pi_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
static int pse_pi_disable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
{
struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev = rdev_get_drvdata(rdev);
- struct pse_pi *pi;
int id, ret;
id = rdev_get_id(rdev);
- pi = &pcdev->pi[id];
mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
+ /* Reached via the regulator core's deferred-disable flush after
+ * pcdev->pi is freed on unregister.
+ */
+ if (!pcdev->pi) {
+ mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
+ return 0;
+ }
ret = _pse_pi_disable(pcdev, id);
if (!ret)
- pi->admin_state_enabled = 0;
+ pcdev->pi[id].admin_state_enabled = 0;
mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
return 0;
--
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