Re: [PATCH v2] iio: proximity: as3935: fix use-after-free on device remove

[Tomasz Duszynski]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 03:42:04PM -0500, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 3:30 PM Tomasz Duszynski <tduszyns@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > @@ -368,7 +376,6 @@ static int as3935_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> > >
> > >       spi_set_drvdata(spi, indio_dev);
> > >       mutex_init(&st->lock);
> > > -     INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&st->work, as3935_event_work);
> >
> > Any specific reason for moving this elsewhere?
>
> Yes. On the remove path, cancel_delayed_work_sync() should execute after
> free_irq(), but before triggered_buffer_cleanup(). So the devm_add_action()
> must run right before devm_request_irq(). I figured it would make sense to
> group the devm_add_action() and INIT_WORK() together, as they are
> related. This also makes it easier to understand the probe/remove order
> when reading the code.
>

So perhaps that change deserves a separate patch because it smells like
a code cleanup.

> > >
> > >       ret = of_property_read_u32(np,
> > >                       "ams,tuning-capacitor-pf", &st->tune_cap);
> > > @@ -414,22 +421,27 @@ static int as3935_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> > >       iio_trigger_set_drvdata(trig, indio_dev);
> > >       trig->ops = &iio_interrupt_trigger_ops;
> > >
> > > -     ret = iio_trigger_register(trig);
> > > +     ret = devm_iio_trigger_register(&spi->dev, trig);
> > >       if (ret) {
> > >               dev_err(&spi->dev, "failed to register trigger\n");
> > >               return ret;
> > >       }
> > >
> > > -     ret = iio_triggered_buffer_setup(indio_dev, iio_pollfunc_store_time,
> > > -             &as3935_trigger_handler, NULL);
> > > +     ret = devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup(&spi->dev, indio_dev,
> > > +             iio_pollfunc_store_time, as3935_trigger_handler, NULL);
> >
> > You can fix arguments alignment while you are at it.
> >
>
> What type of alignment would you prefer? This?
>
>         ret = devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup(&spi->dev, indio_dev,
>                                               iio_pollfunc_store_time,
>                                               as3935_trigger_handler, NULL);

Yes, this is what I've been thinking about. Thanks.