[PATCH v6] dma: at_hdmac: Fix use-after-free by proper tasklet cleanup

From: Hongling Zeng

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 22:40:15 EST


Current cleanup paths have a use-after-free vulnerability:
- vchan_init() creates tasklets that access at_dma_chan memory
- free_irq() only waits for IRQ handler, NOT tasklets
- atdma is devm-managed and freed after probe/remove
- Running tasklets accessing freed memory → Use-After-Free!

The fix requires careful ordering:
- free_irq() FIRST to synchronize with running IRQ handlers and prevent
them from scheduling new tasklets
- Then kill tasklets to wait for already-scheduled ones to complete
- Only then free other resources

Fixes: ac803b56860f ("dmaengine: at_hdmac: Convert driver to use virt-dma")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260604073945.54B311F00898@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

---
Change in v6:
- Replace free_irq() in error path with disable_irq()to allow natural
fall-through without goto, per Frank's suggestion
- free_irq() now called only once, in err_desc_pool_create label
---
drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
index e5b30a57c477..09b1aedefb45 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c
@@ -1940,6 +1940,20 @@ static void at_dma_off(struct at_dma *atdma)
cpu_relax();
}

+static void at_dma_cleanup_channels(struct at_dma *atdma)
+{
+ struct dma_chan *chan, *_chan;
+ int i = 0;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(chan, _chan, &atdma->dma_device.channels,
+ device_node) {
+ /* Disable interrupts */
+ atc_disable_chan_irq(atdma, i++);
+ tasklet_kill(&to_at_dma_chan(chan)->vc.task);
+ list_del(&chan->device_node);
+ }
+}
+
static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct at_dma *atdma;
@@ -2105,6 +2119,8 @@ static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
err_of_dma_controller_register:
dma_async_device_unregister(&atdma->dma_device);
err_dma_async_device_register:
+ disable_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0));
+ at_dma_cleanup_channels(atdma);
dma_pool_destroy(atdma->memset_pool);
err_memset_pool_create:
dma_pool_destroy(atdma->lli_pool);
@@ -2118,23 +2134,17 @@ static int __init at_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
static void at_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct at_dma *atdma = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
- struct dma_chan *chan, *_chan;

at_dma_off(atdma);
if (pdev->dev.of_node)
of_dma_controller_free(pdev->dev.of_node);
dma_async_device_unregister(&atdma->dma_device);

- dma_pool_destroy(atdma->memset_pool);
- dma_pool_destroy(atdma->lli_pool);
free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), atdma);

- list_for_each_entry_safe(chan, _chan, &atdma->dma_device.channels,
- device_node) {
- /* Disable interrupts */
- atc_disable_chan_irq(atdma, chan->chan_id);
- list_del(&chan->device_node);
- }
+ at_dma_cleanup_channels(atdma);
+ dma_pool_destroy(atdma->memset_pool);
+ dma_pool_destroy(atdma->lli_pool);

clk_disable_unprepare(atdma->clk);
}
--
2.25.1