Re: [PATCH net] net: airoha: npu: cancel wdt_work after releasing the WDT IRQ

From: Lorenzo Bianconi

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 04:24:29 EST


> airoha_npu_remove() calls cancel_work_sync() on each core's wdt_work,
> but the watchdog IRQ that queues it is requested with devm_request_irq()
> and is freed only after .remove() returns. airoha_npu_wdt_handler() can
> therefore schedule_work() again once the cancel has returned. struct
> airoha_npu, which contains the work, is devm_kzalloc()'d and is freed in
> that same unwind, so the late work dereferences freed memory.
>
> Register the work with devm_work_autocancel() before devm_request_irq()
> and drop .remove(). Devres runs in reverse order, so the IRQ is freed
> before cancel_work_sync(), including when probe fails. A cancel left in
> .remove() cannot get that order. Initializing the work first also stops
> a pending watchdog interrupt from queuing an uninitialized work item.
> Probe currently calls INIT_WORK() only after devm_request_irq().
>
> This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
> while reviewing kernel code.
>
> Fixes: 23290c7bc190 ("net: airoha: Introduce Airoha NPU support")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.15+
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>

I guess this is net-next material, it is just an optimization, not a real fix.
Anyway:

Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c | 18 ++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
> index 5bb4817a898d..4d3195eb00f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> */
>
> #include <linux/devcoredump.h>
> +#include <linux/devm-helpers.h>
> #include <linux/firmware.h>
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> #include <linux/of_net.h>
> @@ -751,12 +752,15 @@ static int airoha_npu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (irq < 0)
> return irq;
>
> + err = devm_work_autocancel(dev, &core->wdt_work,
> + airoha_npu_wdt_work);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> err = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, airoha_npu_wdt_handler,
> IRQF_SHARED, "airoha-npu-wdt", core);
> if (err)
> return err;
> -
> - INIT_WORK(&core->wdt_work, airoha_npu_wdt_work);
> }
>
> /* wlan IRQ lines */
> @@ -803,18 +807,8 @@ static int airoha_npu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static void airoha_npu_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> -{
> - struct airoha_npu *npu = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> - int i;
> -
> - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(npu->cores); i++)
> - cancel_work_sync(&npu->cores[i].wdt_work);
> -}
> -
> static struct platform_driver airoha_npu_driver = {
> .probe = airoha_npu_probe,
> - .remove = airoha_npu_remove,
> .driver = {
> .name = "airoha-npu",
> .of_match_table = of_airoha_npu_match,
>
> base-commit: 238650ef6c7c7cca08e032527329424c9fbd70e5
> --
> 2.53.0
>

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