[PATCH] memory: fsl_ifc: Clear fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev on probe failure and removal

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 07:09:09 EST


Global fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev is allocated with devm_kzalloc(), so it is freed
when probe fails or when the device is unbound, but the exported global
pointer is never reset. Subsequent calls to fsl_ifc_find() or probing
of fsl_ifc_nand would then pass the NULL check and dereference freed
memory. Issue is mostly theoretical, because there are no users/calls
to fsl_ifc_find().

Rework the logic, so the global fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev is assigned only after
device state is properly initialized in probe(), except requesting
interrupts. This makes sure that early call to fsl_ifc_find() will not
use the device driver while it is not fully initialized.

Clear the global pointer on exit and error paths, to fix the possible
use-after-free.

Reported-by: Reid Downing <skibletz@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261025170833.1316443-1-skibletz@xxxxxxxxx/
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-72f58ab4-9f9d-4b00-949c-00929918a3b3
Fixes: 8e0d09b1232d ("memory: fsl_ifc: fix leak of private memory on probe failure")
Fixes: a20cbdeffce2 ("powerpc/fsl: Add support for Integrated Flash Controller")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c b/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c
index 6dcc317d95d4..ab188f151c94 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static void fsl_ifc_ctrl_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
if (ctrl->nand_irq)
free_irq(ctrl->nand_irq, ctrl);
free_irq(ctrl->irq, ctrl);
+ fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev = NULL;

irq_dispose_mapping(ctrl->nand_irq);
irq_dispose_mapping(ctrl->irq);
@@ -205,82 +206,82 @@ static int fsl_ifc_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
int ret = 0;
int version, banks;
void __iomem *addr;
+ struct fsl_ifc_ctrl *ctrl;

dev_info(&dev->dev, "Freescale Integrated Flash Controller\n");

- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(*fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev)
+ ctrl = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(*ctrl), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!ctrl)
return -ENOMEM;

- dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev);
+ dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, ctrl);

/* IOMAP the entire IFC region */
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->gregs = of_iomap(dev->dev.of_node, 0);
- if (!fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->gregs) {
+ ctrl->gregs = of_iomap(dev->dev.of_node, 0);
+ if (!ctrl->gregs) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to get memory region\n");
return -ENODEV;
}

if (of_property_read_bool(dev->dev.of_node, "little-endian")) {
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->little_endian = true;
+ ctrl->little_endian = true;
dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "IFC REGISTERS are LITTLE endian\n");
} else {
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->little_endian = false;
+ ctrl->little_endian = false;
dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "IFC REGISTERS are BIG endian\n");
}

- version = ifc_in32(&fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->gregs->ifc_rev) &
- FSL_IFC_VERSION_MASK;
+ version = ifc_in32(&ctrl->gregs->ifc_rev) & FSL_IFC_VERSION_MASK;

banks = (version == FSL_IFC_VERSION_1_0_0) ? 4 : 8;
dev_info(&dev->dev, "IFC version %d.%d, %d banks\n",
version >> 24, (version >> 16) & 0xf, banks);

- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->version = version;
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->banks = banks;
+ ctrl->version = version;
+ ctrl->banks = banks;

- addr = fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->gregs;
+ addr = ctrl->gregs;
if (version >= FSL_IFC_VERSION_2_0_0)
addr += PGOFFSET_64K;
else
addr += PGOFFSET_4K;
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->rregs = addr;
+ ctrl->rregs = addr;

/* get the Controller level irq */
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->dev.of_node, 0);
- if (fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->irq == 0) {
+ ctrl->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->dev.of_node, 0);
+ if (ctrl->irq == 0) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to get irq resource for IFC\n");
ret = -ENODEV;
goto err;
}

/* get the nand machine irq */
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_irq =
- irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->dev.of_node, 1);
+ ctrl->nand_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->dev.of_node, 1);

- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->dev = &dev->dev;
+ ctrl->dev = &dev->dev;

- ret = fsl_ifc_ctrl_init(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev);
+ ret = fsl_ifc_ctrl_init(ctrl);
if (ret < 0)
goto err_unmap_nandirq;

- init_waitqueue_head(&fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_wait);
+ init_waitqueue_head(&ctrl->nand_wait);

- ret = request_irq(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->irq, fsl_ifc_ctrl_irq, IRQF_SHARED,
- "fsl-ifc", fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev);
+ fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev = ctrl;
+
+ ret = request_irq(ctrl->irq, fsl_ifc_ctrl_irq, IRQF_SHARED,
+ "fsl-ifc", ctrl);
if (ret != 0) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to install irq (%d)\n",
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->irq);
- goto err_unmap_nandirq;
+ ctrl->irq);
+ goto err_clear_global;
}

- if (fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_irq) {
- ret = request_irq(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_irq, fsl_ifc_nand_irq,
- 0, "fsl-ifc-nand", fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev);
+ if (ctrl->nand_irq) {
+ ret = request_irq(ctrl->nand_irq, fsl_ifc_nand_irq,
+ 0, "fsl-ifc-nand", ctrl);
if (ret != 0) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to install irq (%d)\n",
- fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_irq);
+ ctrl->nand_irq);
goto err_free_irq;
}
}
@@ -293,15 +294,17 @@ static int fsl_ifc_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
return 0;

err_free_nandirq:
- if (fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_irq)
- free_irq(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_irq, fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev);
+ if (ctrl->nand_irq)
+ free_irq(ctrl->nand_irq, ctrl);
err_free_irq:
- free_irq(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->irq, fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev);
+ free_irq(ctrl->irq, ctrl);
+err_clear_global:
+ fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev = NULL;
err_unmap_nandirq:
- irq_dispose_mapping(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand_irq);
- irq_dispose_mapping(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->irq);
+ irq_dispose_mapping(ctrl->nand_irq);
+ irq_dispose_mapping(ctrl->irq);
err:
- iounmap(fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->gregs);
+ iounmap(ctrl->gregs);
return ret;
}

--
2.53.0