[PATCH v2] rapidio: mport_cdev: fix use-after-free in dma_req_free()

From: James Kim

Date: Mon Jun 15 2026 - 03:09:07 EST


dma_req_free() drops the mapping reference under buf_mutex and then
dereferences req->map again to unlock the mutex.

If kref_put() drops the last reference, mport_release_mapping() frees
the mapping, and the subsequent mutex_unlock() dereferences a freed
object. This is a use-after-free.

Fix this by caching map and md before kref_put() and using the cached
md for mutex unlocking.

Fixes: 4b0986a36 ("rapidio: add mport character device support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: James Kim <james010kim@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Rebased on v7.1.
- Add Dan Carpenter to Cc for lifetime and use-after-free review.
- No functional changes.

drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index 009b3b595bbf..9b94c9b2fad0 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -564,9 +564,14 @@ static void dma_req_free(struct kref *ref)
}

if (req->map) {
- mutex_lock(&req->map->md->buf_mutex);
- kref_put(&req->map->ref, mport_release_mapping);
- mutex_unlock(&req->map->md->buf_mutex);
+ struct rio_mport_mapping *map = req->map;
+ struct mport_dev *md = map->md;
+
+ mutex_lock(&md->buf_mutex);
+ kref_put(&map->ref, mport_release_mapping);
+ mutex_unlock(&md->buf_mutex);
+
+ req->map = NULL;
}

kref_put(&priv->dma_ref, mport_release_dma);
--
2.43.0