Re: [PATCH] HID: intel-ish-hid: pci-ish: Fix use after free bug in ish_remove due to race condition

From: Zheng Hacker
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 13:18:30 EST


Hi,

I missed some detail in the patch. bh_hbm_work_fn will call
ishtp_hbm_dispatch and access &dev->fw_clients in it.

Best regards,
Zheng

Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> 于2023年4月13日周四 01:17写道:
>
> In ish_probe, it calls ish_dev_init to init the device. In this function,
> ishtp_device_init is called and &dev->bh_hbm_work is bound with
> bh_hbm_work_fn. recv_hbm may be called to start the timer work.
>
> If we remove the module which will call ish_remove to make cleanup,
> there may be an unfinished work. The possible sequence is as follows:
>
> Fix it by canceling the work before cleanup in ishtp_bus_remove_all_clients
>
> CPU0 CPUc1
>
> |bh_hbm_work_fn
> ish_remove |
> ishtp_bus_remove_all_clients |
> kfree(ishtp_dev->fw_clients); |
> |
> |&dev->fw_clients[...]
> | //use
>
> Fixes: 3703f53b99e4 ("HID: intel_ish-hid: ISH Transport layer")
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
> index 81385ab37fa9..ada7cd08dbeb 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c
> @@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ void ishtp_bus_remove_all_clients(struct ishtp_device *ishtp_dev,
> */
> }
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ishtp_dev->cl_list_lock, flags);
> + cancel_work_sync(&ishtp_dev->bh_hbm_work);
>
> /* Release DMA buffers for client messages */
> ishtp_cl_free_dma_buf(ishtp_dev);
> --
> 2.25.1
>