[PATCH v4 3/4] dmaengine: fix use-after-free in dma_chan_put() and dma_release_channel()

[Shivank Garg]

When dma_device_put() drops the last reference on chan->device->ref,
dma_device_release() runs and may free the dma_device along with its
channels.

dma_chan_put() then still reads chan->device->owner via
dma_chan_to_owner() for the trailing module_put(). KASAN catches it:

	slab-use-after-free in dma_chan_put+0x3e6/0x4c0
	Read of size 8 by task insmod/6319
	Freed by task 6319:
	  kfree+0x225/0x470
	  dma_chan_put+0x395/0x4c0
	  dmaengine_put+0xf8/0x160

Cache the module owner in dma_chan_put() before the put so the trailing
module_put() does not need chan->device.

Fixes: 8ad342a86359 ("dmaengine: Add reference counting to dma_device struct")
Suggested-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260518-dmaengine-kref-fix-v1-1-4d6125048fb7@xxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 3ae53e11e54a..d075051dd187 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -500,10 +500,13 @@ static int dma_chan_get(struct dma_chan *chan)
  */
 static void dma_chan_put(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
+	struct module *owner;
+
 	/* This channel is not in use, bail out */
 	if (!chan->client_count)
 		return;
 
+	owner = dma_chan_to_owner(chan);
 	chan->client_count--;
 
 	/* This channel is not in use anymore, free it */
@@ -523,7 +526,7 @@ static void dma_chan_put(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	/* This channel is not in use anymore, drop the device ref */
 	if (!chan->client_count)
 		dma_device_put(chan->device);
-	module_put(dma_chan_to_owner(chan));
+	module_put(owner);
 }
 
 enum dma_status dma_sync_wait(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie)

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