From 0bcc5104e99fb7ecf5c4c3a178425acdeed58350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benson Leung Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:05:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] driver core : Fix use after free of dev->parent in device_shutdown The put_device(dev) at the bottom of the loop of device_shutdown may result in the dev being cleaned up. In device_create_release, the dev is kfreed. However, device_shutdown attempts to use the dev pointer again after put_device by referring to dev->parent. Copy the parent pointer instead to avoid this condition. This bug was found on Chromium OS's chromeos-3.8, which is based on v3.8.11. See bug report : https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=297842 This can easily be reproduced when shutting down with hidraw devices that report battery condition. Two examples are the HP Bluetooth Mouse X4000b and the Apple Magic Mouse. For example, with the magic mouse : The dev in question is "hidraw0" dev->parent is "magicmouse" In the course of the shutdown for this device, the input event cleanup calls a put on hidraw0, decrementing its reference count. When we finally get to put_device(dev) in device_shutdown, kobject_cleanup is called and device_create_release does kfree(dev). dev->parent is no longer valid, and we may crash in put_device(dev->parent). This change should be applied on any kernel with this change : 12e36f644d628eb6c2dc72aeda5d2f058103e56e Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Benson Leung Reviewed-by: Ming Lei Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/core.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index c7cfadcf67521..34abf4d8a45ff 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_move); */ void device_shutdown(void) { - struct device *dev; + struct device *dev, *parent; spin_lock(&devices_kset->list_lock); /* @@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ void device_shutdown(void) * prevent it from being freed because parent's * lock is to be held */ - get_device(dev->parent); + parent = get_device(dev->parent); get_device(dev); /* * Make sure the device is off the kset list, in the @@ -2044,8 +2044,8 @@ void device_shutdown(void) spin_unlock(&devices_kset->list_lock); /* hold lock to avoid race with probe/release */ - if (dev->parent) - device_lock(dev->parent); + if (parent) + device_lock(parent); device_lock(dev); /* Don't allow any more runtime suspends */ @@ -2063,11 +2063,11 @@ void device_shutdown(void) } device_unlock(dev); - if (dev->parent) - device_unlock(dev->parent); + if (parent) + device_unlock(parent); put_device(dev); - put_device(dev->parent); + put_device(parent); spin_lock(&devices_kset->list_lock); } -- 2.39.5