[PATCH] media: pvrusb2: fix use after free on context disconnection

From: Ricardo B. Marliere
Date: Thu Oct 12 2023 - 19:10:03 EST


Upon module load, a kthread is created targeting the
pvr2_context_thread_func function, which may call pvr2_context_destroy
and thus call kfree() on the context object. However, that might happen
before the usb hub_event handler is able to notify the driver. This
patch adds a sanity check before the invalid read reported by syzbot,
within the context disconnection call stack.

Fixes: e5be15c63804 ("V4L/DVB (7711): pvrusb2: Fix race on module unload")
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+621409285c4156a009b3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000a02a4205fff8eb92@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c
index 14170a5d72b3..1764674de98b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ void pvr2_context_disconnect(struct pvr2_context *mp)
{
pvr2_hdw_disconnect(mp->hdw);
mp->disconnect_flag = !0;
- pvr2_context_notify(mp);
+ if (!pvr2_context_shutok())
+ pvr2_context_notify(mp);
}


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