[PATCH v2 1/2] power: sequencing: pcie-m2: fix use-after-free in pwrseq_pcie_m2_vregs_enable()

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 03:28:53 EST


During device teardown or on the probe error path, a concurrent consumer
access triggers a use-after-free in pwrseq_pcie_m2_vregs_enable() or
pwrseq_pcie_m2_vregs_disable() due to a lifetime inversion between
devm-managed device registration and manual resource cleanup.

The driver exposes the power sequencer using devm_pwrseq_device_register(),
meaning the device remains fully registered and accessible on the
pwrseq_bus until the driver core schedules devm_pwrseq_device_unregister()
to run after pwrseq_pcie_m2_remove() returns. However, the driver performs
manual resource teardown within pwrseq_pcie_m2_remove() and the
pwrseq_pcie_m2_probe() error path, prematurely destroying the backing
regulator array.

This creates a narrow vulnerability window where the globally visible power
sequencer is backed by freed memory. If a concurrent consumer invokes
pwrseq_enable() during this window, execution is routed to the sequencer
callback and dereferences the destroyed ctx->regs array, resulting in a
direct use-after-free and a kernel crash.

Schedule a devres action for freeing the memory used for the regulator
array to ensure it runs *after* the pwrseq provider was unregistered.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 3f736aecbdc8 ("power: sequencing: pcie-m2: Create serdev device for WCN7850 bluetooth")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-bd17e5b1-a000-4717-b392-0ff0c2a9c376
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c | 36 +++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c b/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c
index 56c5d51293c10faba6c978265bcd07a6980d2a52..60990760287fdd51c29ccf0e3b97a244669e4837 100644
--- a/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c
+++ b/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c
@@ -533,6 +533,14 @@ static int pwrseq_pcie_m2_create_serdev(struct pwrseq_pcie_m2_ctx *ctx)
return ret;
}

+static void pwrseq_pcie_m2_free_regulators(void *data)
+{
+ struct pwrseq_pcie_m2_ctx *ctx = data;
+
+ regulator_bulk_free(ctx->num_vregs, ctx->regs);
+ kfree(ctx->regs);
+}
+
static int pwrseq_pcie_m2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -563,19 +571,19 @@ static int pwrseq_pcie_m2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

ctx->num_vregs = ret;

+ ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, pwrseq_pcie_m2_free_regulators, ctx);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
ctx->w_disable1_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "w-disable1", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
- if (IS_ERR(ctx->w_disable1_gpio)) {
- ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctx->w_disable1_gpio),
+ if (IS_ERR(ctx->w_disable1_gpio))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctx->w_disable1_gpio),
"Failed to get the W_DISABLE_1# GPIO\n");
- goto err_free_regulators;
- }

ctx->w_disable2_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "w-disable2", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
- if (IS_ERR(ctx->w_disable2_gpio)) {
- ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctx->w_disable2_gpio),
+ if (IS_ERR(ctx->w_disable2_gpio))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctx->w_disable2_gpio),
"Failed to get the W_DISABLE_2# GPIO\n");
- goto err_free_regulators;
- }

config.parent = dev;
config.owner = THIS_MODULE;
@@ -584,11 +592,9 @@ static int pwrseq_pcie_m2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
config.targets = ctx->pdata->targets;

ctx->pwrseq = devm_pwrseq_device_register(dev, &config);
- if (IS_ERR(ctx->pwrseq)) {
- ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctx->pwrseq),
+ if (IS_ERR(ctx->pwrseq))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctx->pwrseq),
"Failed to register the power sequencer\n");
- goto err_free_regulators;
- }

mutex_init(&ctx->list_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->pci_devices);
@@ -613,9 +619,6 @@ static int pwrseq_pcie_m2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pwrseq_pcie_m2_remove_serdev(ctx, NULL);
err_destroy_mutex:
mutex_destroy(&ctx->list_lock);
-err_free_regulators:
- regulator_bulk_free(ctx->num_vregs, ctx->regs);
- kfree(ctx->regs);

return ret;
}
@@ -627,9 +630,6 @@ static void pwrseq_pcie_m2_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
bus_unregister_notifier(&pci_bus_type, &ctx->nb);
pwrseq_pcie_m2_remove_serdev(ctx, NULL);
mutex_destroy(&ctx->list_lock);
-
- regulator_bulk_free(ctx->num_vregs, ctx->regs);
- kfree(ctx->regs);
}

static const struct of_device_id pwrseq_pcie_m2_of_match[] = {

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