[PATCH net 2/2] net: pse-pd: guard against freed PI data on regulator disable
From: Carlo Szelinsky
Date: Sun May 24 2026 - 18:34:55 EST
PSE PI regulators are devm-registered inside pse_controller_register(),
which runs before devres_add() arms the controller's own release in
devm_pse_controller_register(). On driver detach, devres unwinds in LIFO
order, so pse_controller_unregister() runs first and frees pcdev->pi via
pse_release_pis(); the regulators are torn down afterwards.
When regulator_unregister() flushes a pending disable, the regulator core
invokes pse_pi_disable(), which dereferences pcdev->pi[id] (directly and
via _pse_pi_disable() -> pse_pi_deallocate_pw_budget()). At that point the
PI array is already freed, so this is a use-after-free.
pse_release_pis() now clears pcdev->pi after freeing it, and
pse_pi_disable() bails out under the lock when pcdev->pi is NULL, so a
late disable from the regulator core is a no-op once the controller has
been unregistered.
Fixes: ffef61d6d273 ("net: pse-pd: Add support for budget evaluation strategies")
Signed-off-by: Carlo Szelinsky <github@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
index 17f45e4b672b..9ae0df3cb5cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static void pse_release_pis(struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev)
of_node_put(pcdev->pi[i].np);
}
kfree(pcdev->pi);
+ pcdev->pi = NULL;
}
/**
@@ -702,15 +703,21 @@ static int pse_pi_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
static int pse_pi_disable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
{
struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev = rdev_get_drvdata(rdev);
- struct pse_pi *pi;
int id, ret;
id = rdev_get_id(rdev);
- pi = &pcdev->pi[id];
mutex_lock(&pcdev->lock);
+ /* The controller may already be unregistered (pcdev->pi freed) by the
+ * time the regulator core flushes a deferred disable during
+ * regulator_unregister(). Bail out to avoid touching freed PI data.
+ */
+ if (!pcdev->pi) {
+ mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
+ return 0;
+ }
ret = _pse_pi_disable(pcdev, id);
if (!ret)
- pi->admin_state_enabled = 0;
+ pcdev->pi[id].admin_state_enabled = 0;
mutex_unlock(&pcdev->lock);
return 0;
--
2.43.0