[PATCH] mcb: fix KASAN bug slab-use-after-free while removing mcb-pci

From: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin

Date: Mon Apr 27 2026 - 09:52:27 EST


Fix KASAN bug reported when removing mcb-pci module.

slab-use-after-free in mcb_release_bus drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c:73
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888101e52060 by task modprobe/4993

mcb_release_bus+0x3e/0x40 drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c:73
mcb_pci_remove+0x4e/0x70 [mcb_pci]
pci_device_remove+0xaa/0x1d0 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:503
...

The bug is caused by an incorrect usage of bus_for_each_dev(), thus
if there are more than one pci mcb board, __mcb_bus_add_devices()
adds all bus devices recursively, so for mcb:0 it adds its devices
and for mcb:1 it adds the devices of mcb:0 and mcb:1.

The same behaviour is observed on __mcb_devices_unregister(). So
when unregistering process happens, for mcb:1, all devices are unregisted,
even the devices of mcb:0 so when mcb:0 tries to unregister its
devices, slab-use-after-free happens.

To fix that, just register/unregister the devices on the correct bus.
Additonally, with this change, mcb_bus have to be explicitly unregistered.

Reviewed-by: Filip Jensen <dev-Felipe.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c b/drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c
index e6e7c11bac6c..13c30db803b2 100644
--- a/drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c
@@ -308,13 +308,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(mcb_alloc_bus, "MCB");

static int __mcb_devices_unregister(struct device *dev, void *data)
{
+ struct mcb_device *mdev = to_mcb_device(dev);
+ int bus_nr = *(int *)data;
+
+ if (mdev->bus->bus_nr != bus_nr)
+ return 0;
+
device_unregister(dev);
return 0;
}

static void mcb_devices_unregister(struct mcb_bus *bus)
{
- bus_for_each_dev(bus->dev.bus, NULL, NULL, __mcb_devices_unregister);
+ int bus_nr = bus->bus_nr;
+
+ bus_for_each_dev(bus->dev.bus, NULL, &bus_nr, __mcb_devices_unregister);
}
/**
* mcb_release_bus() - Free a @mcb_bus
@@ -325,6 +333,7 @@ static void mcb_devices_unregister(struct mcb_bus *bus)
void mcb_release_bus(struct mcb_bus *bus)
{
mcb_devices_unregister(bus);
+ device_unregister(&bus->dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(mcb_release_bus, "MCB");

@@ -390,8 +399,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(mcb_free_dev, "MCB");

static int __mcb_bus_add_devices(struct device *dev, void *data)
{
+ struct mcb_device *mdev = to_mcb_device(dev);
+ int bus_nr = *(int *)data;
int retval;

+ if (mdev->bus->bus_nr != bus_nr)
+ return 0;
+
retval = device_attach(dev);
if (retval < 0) {
dev_err(dev, "Error adding device (%d)\n", retval);
@@ -409,7 +423,9 @@ static int __mcb_bus_add_devices(struct device *dev, void *data)
*/
void mcb_bus_add_devices(const struct mcb_bus *bus)
{
- bus_for_each_dev(bus->dev.bus, NULL, NULL, __mcb_bus_add_devices);
+ int bus_nr = bus->bus_nr;
+
+ bus_for_each_dev(bus->dev.bus, NULL, &bus_nr, __mcb_bus_add_devices);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(mcb_bus_add_devices, "MCB");

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