[PATCH] iio: adc: ad_sigma_delta: fix use-after-free on unbind
From: Fan Wu
Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 06:01:43 EST
ad_sd_buffer_postenable() allocates sigma_delta->samples_buf with
devm_krealloc() at runtime, so its devres entry sits after all
probe-time entries of the driver. devm resources are released in
reverse allocation order, which means unbind frees samples_buf before
iio_device_unregister() disables the buffers and detaches the trigger
pollfunc. The data ready IRQ is still enabled at that point, so
ad_sd_trigger_handler() can still run and memcpy() incoming samples
into the freed samples_buf.
Fix this by preallocating the buffer in
devm_ad_sd_setup_buffer_and_trigger(), before the triggered buffer and
the IRQ are set up, so it is freed only after iio_device_unregister()
has drained the trigger handler via free_irq(). Size it for the worst
case of all sequencer slots being active; ad_sd_validate_scan_mask()
already caps the number of active channels at num_slots.
This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Fixes: 8bea9af887de ("iio: adc: ad_sigma_delta: Add sequencer support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Co-developed-by: Song Li <songl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Song Li <songl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
index 1b41029..4f982c6 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ static int ad_sd_buffer_postenable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
const struct iio_scan_type *scan_type = &indio_dev->channels[0].scan_type;
struct spi_transfer *xfer = sigma_delta->sample_xfer;
unsigned int i, slot, channel;
- u8 *samples_buf;
int ret;
if (sigma_delta->num_slots == 1) {
@@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ static int ad_sd_buffer_postenable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
xfer[1].bits_per_word = scan_type->realbits;
xfer[1].len = spi_bpw_to_bytes(scan_type->realbits);
} else {
- unsigned int samples_buf_size, scan_size;
+ unsigned int scan_size;
if (sigma_delta->active_slots > 1) {
ret = ad_sigma_delta_append_status(sigma_delta, true);
@@ -538,17 +537,6 @@ static int ad_sd_buffer_postenable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
return ret;
}
- samples_buf_size =
- ALIGN(slot * BITS_TO_BYTES(scan_type->storagebits),
- sizeof(s64));
- samples_buf_size += sizeof(s64);
- samples_buf = devm_krealloc(&sigma_delta->spi->dev,
- sigma_delta->samples_buf,
- samples_buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!samples_buf)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- sigma_delta->samples_buf = samples_buf;
scan_size = BITS_TO_BYTES(scan_type->realbits + scan_type->shift);
/* For 24-bit data, there is an extra byte of padding. */
xfer[1].rx_buf = &sigma_delta->rx_buf[scan_size == 3 ? 1 : 0];
@@ -855,6 +843,24 @@ int devm_ad_sd_setup_buffer_and_trigger(struct device *dev, struct iio_dev *indi
indio_dev->setup_ops = &ad_sd_buffer_setup_ops;
} else {
+ const struct iio_scan_type *scan_type =
+ &indio_dev->channels[0].scan_type;
+ unsigned int samples_buf_size;
+
+ /*
+ * Worst-case size: all sequencer slots can be active, capped
+ * at num_slots by ad_sd_validate_scan_mask().
+ */
+ samples_buf_size =
+ ALIGN(sigma_delta->num_slots *
+ BITS_TO_BYTES(scan_type->storagebits),
+ sizeof(s64));
+ samples_buf_size += sizeof(s64);
+ sigma_delta->samples_buf =
+ devm_kzalloc(dev, samples_buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!sigma_delta->samples_buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
ret = devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup(dev, indio_dev,
&iio_pollfunc_store_time,
&ad_sd_trigger_handler,