[PATCH] firewire: core: fix race condition in split transaction handling

From: Takashi Sakamoto

Date: Sat Oct 17 2026 - 22:55:17 EST


For a split transaction, either fw_core_handle_response() or
split_transaction_timeout_callback() may manipulate the same transaction
entry in the pending transaction list. The return value of timer_delete()
is used to determine which function handles the entry. If the transaction
is a split transaction and timer_delete() returns zero, the timeout
callback may already be running. In this case, the response handler must
leave the entry in the list for the timeout callback to remove.

A previous code refactoring broke this behavior, introducing a race
condition in which both functions could process the same transaction.
This could lead to a use-after-free on the transaction initiator side.

Fix the regression by ensuring that the response handler does not process
the transaction when timer_delete() returns zero. The timeout callback is
responsible for removing the entry from the pending transaction list.

Fixes: fa2dc2710076 ("firewire: core: code refactoring to find and pop transaction entry")
Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
index 22ae387ae03c..016070560c74 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
@@ -89,8 +89,12 @@ void fw_cancel_pending_transactions(struct fw_card *card)
break; \
} \
} \
- if (t && try_cancel_split_timeout(t)) \
- remove_transaction_entry(card, t); \
+ if (t) { \
+ if (try_cancel_split_timeout(t)) \
+ remove_transaction_entry(card, t); \
+ else \
+ t = NULL; \
+ } \
t; \
})

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