Re: [PATCH] driver: core: Fix list corruption after device_del()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:03:26PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> The device_links_purge() function (called from device_del()) tries to
> remove the links.needs_suppliers list entry, but it's using
> list_del(), hence it doesn't initialize after the removal.  This is OK
> for normal cases where device_del() is called via device_destroy().
> However, it's not guaranteed that the device object will be really
> deleted soon after device_del().  In a minor case like HD-audio codec
> reconfiguration that re-initializes the device after device_del(), it
> may lead to a crash by the corrupted list entry.
> 
> As a simple fix, replace list_del() with list_del_init() in order to
> make the list intact after the device_del() call.
> 
> Fixes: e2ae9bcc4aaa ("driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209207
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index d661ada1518f..e8cb66093f21 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ static void device_links_purge(struct device *dev)
>  		return;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&wfs_lock);
> -	list_del(&dev->links.needs_suppliers);
> +	list_del_init(&dev->links.needs_suppliers);
>  	mutex_unlock(&wfs_lock);

Can this wait until 5.11-rc1 and then get backported, as it has been
around for a while, or are you hitting this on 5.10-rc7 now and need
this for 5.10-final?

thanks,

greg k-h