[PATCH RESEND v2 1/2] nfc: st21nfca: add spinlock to serialize SE APDU request state

From: Joas Antonio dos Santos via B4 Relay

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 22:25:34 EST


From: Joas Antonio dos Santos <joasantonio108@xxxxxxxxx>

The bwi_active flag, callback pointer (cb), and callback context
(cb_context) in st21nfca_se_info are accessed concurrently from
multiple contexts without synchronization:

- st21nfca_hci_se_io() sets them from the netlink/ioctl path
- st21nfca_se_wt_work() reads/clears them from the timeout workqueue
- st21nfca_apdu_reader_event_received() reads/clears them from the
HCI rx path

Add a spinlock (se_lock) to serialize access to these fields. The
callback pointer and context are copied under the lock and invoked
after releasing it, since both the callback and nfc_hci_send_event()
may sleep.

Also move the bwi_active = true assignment before mod_timer() so that
the flag is always set before the timeout handler could observe it.

Found by LLM-assisted manual code review.

Fixes: 2130fb97fecf ("NFC: st21nfca: Adding support for secure element")
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joas Antonio dos Santos <joasantonio108@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
drivers/nfc/st21nfca/st21nfca.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c
index 7154bc1d644a..03a30f797ff8 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c
@@ -227,11 +227,13 @@ int st21nfca_hci_se_io(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u32 se_idx,

switch (se_idx) {
case ST21NFCA_ESE_HOST_ID:
+ spin_lock(&info->se_info.se_lock);
info->se_info.cb = cb;
info->se_info.cb_context = cb_context;
+ info->se_info.bwi_active = true;
+ spin_unlock(&info->se_info.se_lock);
mod_timer(&info->se_info.bwi_timer, jiffies +
msecs_to_jiffies(info->se_info.wt_timeout));
- info->se_info.bwi_active = true;
return nfc_hci_send_event(hdev, ST21NFCA_APDU_READER_GATE,
ST21NFCA_EVT_TRANSMIT_DATA,
apdu, apdu_length);
@@ -260,11 +262,17 @@ static void st21nfca_se_wt_work(struct work_struct *work)
*/
/* hardware reset managed through VCC_UICC_OUT power supply */
u8 param = 0x01;
+ se_io_cb_t cb;
+ void *cb_context;
struct st21nfca_hci_info *info = container_of(work,
struct st21nfca_hci_info,
se_info.timeout_work);

+ spin_lock(&info->se_info.se_lock);
info->se_info.bwi_active = false;
+ cb = info->se_info.cb;
+ cb_context = info->se_info.cb_context;
+ spin_unlock(&info->se_info.se_lock);

if (!info->se_info.xch_error) {
info->se_info.xch_error = true;
@@ -275,7 +283,7 @@ static void st21nfca_se_wt_work(struct work_struct *work)
nfc_hci_send_event(info->hdev, ST21NFCA_DEVICE_MGNT_GATE,
ST21NFCA_EVT_SE_HARD_RESET, &param, 1);
}
- info->se_info.cb(info->se_info.cb_context, NULL, 0, -ETIME);
+ cb(cb_context, NULL, 0, -ETIME);
}

static void st21nfca_se_wt_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
@@ -375,6 +383,8 @@ int st21nfca_apdu_reader_event_received(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
u8 event, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
int r = 0;
+ se_io_cb_t cb;
+ void *cb_context;
struct st21nfca_hci_info *info = nfc_hci_get_clientdata(hdev);

pr_debug("apdu reader gate event: %x\n", event);
@@ -383,14 +393,19 @@ int st21nfca_apdu_reader_event_received(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
case ST21NFCA_EVT_TRANSMIT_DATA:
timer_delete_sync(&info->se_info.bwi_timer);
cancel_work_sync(&info->se_info.timeout_work);
+
+ spin_lock(&info->se_info.se_lock);
info->se_info.bwi_active = false;
+ cb = info->se_info.cb;
+ cb_context = info->se_info.cb_context;
+ spin_unlock(&info->se_info.se_lock);
+
r = nfc_hci_send_event(hdev, ST21NFCA_DEVICE_MGNT_GATE,
ST21NFCA_EVT_SE_END_OF_APDU_TRANSFER, NULL, 0);
if (r < 0)
goto exit;

- info->se_info.cb(info->se_info.cb_context,
- skb->data, skb->len, 0);
+ cb(cb_context, skb->data, skb->len, 0);
break;
case ST21NFCA_EVT_WTX_REQUEST:
mod_timer(&info->se_info.bwi_timer, jiffies +
@@ -416,6 +431,7 @@ void st21nfca_se_init(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev)
/* initialize timers */
timer_setup(&info->se_info.bwi_timer, st21nfca_se_wt_timeout, 0);
info->se_info.bwi_active = false;
+ spin_lock_init(&info->se_info.se_lock);

timer_setup(&info->se_info.se_active_timer,
st21nfca_se_activation_timeout, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/st21nfca.h b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/st21nfca.h
index ae6771cc9894..abcef1ee48f2 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/st21nfca.h
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/st21nfca.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#ifndef __LOCAL_ST21NFCA_H_
#define __LOCAL_ST21NFCA_H_

+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <net/nfc/hci.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ struct st21nfca_se_info {
struct timer_list bwi_timer;
int wt_timeout; /* in msecs */
bool bwi_active;
+ spinlock_t se_lock;

struct timer_list se_active_timer;
bool se_active;

--
2.43.0