[PATCH v2] memory: tegra: Shut down Tegra210 EMC timers before teardown
From: Myeonghun Pak
Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 20:29:06 EST
The training and refresh timers can outlive the EMC state on removal
or probe failure after clock attachment, causing use-after-free.
Shut down both timers before detaching the clock provider and releasing
the timing tables to wait for callbacks and prevent rearming. Initialize
them before clock attachment, since set_rate() can start training.
This issue was identified during our ongoing research while reviewing
kernel code.
Fixes: 10de21148f7d ("memory: tegra: Add EMC scaling support code for Tegra210")
Assisted-by: LLM
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Replace the static-analysis attribution with an ongoing-research note,
following Krzysztof Kozlowski's feedback. No code changes.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261011160034.93d011b386c2-1-mhun512@xxxxxxxxx
Compile-tested with GCC, W=1 (arm). No runtime testing.
drivers/memory/tegra/tegra210-emc-core.c | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/memory/tegra/tegra210-emc-core.c b/drivers/memory/tegra/tegra210-emc-core.c
index e8d4cd8..044ec6f 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/tegra/tegra210-emc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/tegra/tegra210-emc-core.c
@@ -1946,12 +1946,6 @@ static int tegra210_emc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
config->same_freq = true;
}
- err = tegra210_clk_emc_attach(emc->clk, &emc->provider);
- if (err < 0) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to attach to EMC clock: %d\n", err);
- goto release;
- }
-
emc->clkchange_delay = 100;
emc->training_interval = 100;
dev_set_drvdata(emc->dev, emc);
@@ -1963,6 +1957,12 @@ static int tegra210_emc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
timer_setup(&emc->training, tegra210_emc_train, 0);
+ err = tegra210_clk_emc_attach(emc->clk, &emc->provider);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to attach to EMC clock: %d\n", err);
+ goto release;
+ }
+
tegra210_emc_debugfs_init(emc);
cd = devm_thermal_of_child_cooling_device_register(emc->dev, np, "emc", emc,
@@ -1978,6 +1978,8 @@ static int tegra210_emc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
detach:
debugfs_remove_recursive(emc->debugfs.root);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&emc->training);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&emc->refresh_timer);
tegra210_clk_emc_detach(emc->clk);
release:
of_reserved_mem_device_release(emc->dev);
@@ -1990,6 +1992,8 @@ static void tegra210_emc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct tegra210_emc *emc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
debugfs_remove_recursive(emc->debugfs.root);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&emc->training);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&emc->refresh_timer);
tegra210_clk_emc_detach(emc->clk);
of_reserved_mem_device_release(emc->dev);
}