Re: [PATCH v3] eeprom: at24: fix memory corruption race condition

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 07:12:00PM +0000, Daniel Okazaki wrote:
> If the eeprom is not accessible, an nvmem device will be registered, the
> read will fail, and the device will be torn down. If another driver
> accesses the nvmem device after the teardown, it will reference
> invalid memory.
> 
> Move the failure point before registering the nvmem device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Okazaki <dtokazaki@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: b20eb4c1f026 ("eeprom: at24: drop unnecessary label")
> ---
>  drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> index 572333ead5fb..4bd4f32bcdab 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> @@ -758,15 +758,6 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	}
>  	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
>  
> -	at24->nvmem = devm_nvmem_register(dev, &nvmem_config);
> -	if (IS_ERR(at24->nvmem)) {
> -		pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> -		if (!pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev))
> -			regulator_disable(at24->vcc_reg);
> -		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(at24->nvmem),
> -				     "failed to register nvmem\n");
> -	}
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Perform a one-byte test read to verify that the chip is functional,
>  	 * unless powering on the device is to be avoided during probe (i.e.
> @@ -782,6 +773,15 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	at24->nvmem = devm_nvmem_register(dev, &nvmem_config);
> +	if (IS_ERR(at24->nvmem)) {
> +		pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> +		if (!pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev))
> +			regulator_disable(at24->vcc_reg);
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(at24->nvmem),
> +				     "failed to register nvmem\n");
> +	}
> +
>  	/* If this a SPD EEPROM, probe for DDR3 thermal sensor */
>  	if (cdata == &at24_data_spd)
>  		at24_probe_temp_sensor(client);
> -- 
> 2.44.0.769.g3c40516874-goog
> 

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