[PATCH 4/6] spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer in tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 05:42:05 EST


The curr_xfer field is read by the IRQ handler without holding the lock
to check if a transfer is in progress. When clearing curr_xfer in the
combined sequence transfer loop, protect it with the spinlock to prevent
a race with the interrupt handler.

Protect the curr_xfer clearing at the exit path of
tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer() with the spinlock to prevent a race
with the interrupt handler that reads this field.

Without this protection, the IRQ handler could read a partially updated
curr_xfer value, leading to NULL pointer dereference or use-after-free.

Fixes: b4e002d8a7ce ("spi: tegra210-quad: Fix timeout handling")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
index 15c110c00aca..669e01d3f56a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ static int tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi,
u32 address_value = 0;
u32 cmd_config = 0, addr_config = 0;
u8 cmd_value = 0, val = 0;
+ unsigned long flags;

/* Enable Combined sequence mode */
val = tegra_qspi_readl(tqspi, QSPI_GLOBAL_CONFIG);
@@ -1264,13 +1265,17 @@ static int tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi,
tegra_qspi_transfer_end(spi);
spi_transfer_delay_exec(xfer);
}
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&tqspi->lock, flags);
tqspi->curr_xfer = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
transfer_phase++;
}
ret = 0;

exit:
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&tqspi->lock, flags);
tqspi->curr_xfer = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
msg->status = ret;

return ret;

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2.47.3