[PATCH] dmaengine: sun6i: fix use-after-free in descriptor error path

From: Chaithanya Lagisetty

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 06:25:12 EST


The err_lli_free cleanup loops in sun6i_dma_prep_slave_sg() and
sun6i_dma_prep_dma_cyclic() free each LLI node with dma_pool_free()
and then dereference the freed node to obtain v_lli_next and
p_lli_next for the next loop iteration.

Save the next pointers before freeing, matching the pattern already used
in sun6i_dma_free_desc().

Fixes: 9aa48806edb8 ("dmaengine: sun6i: Do not use virt_to_phys")
Signed-off-by: Chaithanya Lagisetty <nagachaithanya9911@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index f47a326dd7ff..2439fa6564f2 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -720,10 +720,10 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_slave_sg(
struct sun6i_dma_dev *sdev = to_sun6i_dma_dev(chan->device);
struct sun6i_vchan *vchan = to_sun6i_vchan(chan);
struct dma_slave_config *sconfig = &vchan->cfg;
- struct sun6i_dma_lli *v_lli, *prev = NULL;
+ struct sun6i_dma_lli *v_lli, *v_next, *prev = NULL;
struct sun6i_desc *txd;
struct scatterlist *sg;
- dma_addr_t p_lli;
+ dma_addr_t p_lli, p_next;
u32 lli_cfg;
int i, ret;

@@ -789,8 +789,11 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_slave_sg(

err_lli_free:
for (p_lli = txd->p_lli, v_lli = txd->v_lli; v_lli;
- p_lli = v_lli->p_lli_next, v_lli = v_lli->v_lli_next)
+ p_lli = p_next, v_lli = v_next) {
+ v_next = v_lli->v_lli_next;
+ p_next = v_lli->p_lli_next;
dma_pool_free(sdev->pool, v_lli, p_lli);
+ }
kfree(txd);
return NULL;
}
@@ -806,9 +809,9 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_dma_cyclic(
struct sun6i_dma_dev *sdev = to_sun6i_dma_dev(chan->device);
struct sun6i_vchan *vchan = to_sun6i_vchan(chan);
struct dma_slave_config *sconfig = &vchan->cfg;
- struct sun6i_dma_lli *v_lli, *prev = NULL;
+ struct sun6i_dma_lli *v_lli, *v_next, *prev = NULL;
struct sun6i_desc *txd;
- dma_addr_t p_lli;
+ dma_addr_t p_lli, p_next;
u32 lli_cfg;
unsigned int i, periods = buf_len / period_len;
int ret;
@@ -870,8 +873,11 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *sun6i_dma_prep_dma_cyclic(

err_lli_free:
for (p_lli = txd->p_lli, v_lli = txd->v_lli; v_lli;
- p_lli = v_lli->p_lli_next, v_lli = v_lli->v_lli_next)
+ p_lli = p_next, v_lli = v_next) {
+ v_next = v_lli->v_lli_next;
+ p_next = v_lli->p_lli_next;
dma_pool_free(sdev->pool, v_lli, p_lli);
+ }
kfree(txd);
return NULL;
}
--
2.43.0