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Zhongqiu HanBartosz Golaszewski
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gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify
The use-after-free issue occurs as follows: when the GPIO chip device file is being closed by invoking gpio_chrdev_release(), watched_lines is freed by bitmap_free(), but the unregistration of lineinfo_changed_nb notifier chain failed due to waiting write rwsem. Additionally, one of the GPIO chip's lines is also in the release process and holds the notifier chain's read rwsem. Consequently, a race condition leads to the use-after-free of watched_lines. Here is the typical stack when issue happened: [free] gpio_chrdev_release() --> bitmap_free(cdev->watched_lines) <-- freed --> blocking_notifier_chain_unregister() --> down_write(&nh->rwsem) <-- waiting rwsem --> __down_write_common() --> rwsem_down_write_slowpath() --> schedule_preempt_disabled() --> schedule() [use] st54spi_gpio_dev_release() --> gpio_free() --> gpiod_free() --> gpiod_free_commit() --> gpiod_line_state_notify() --> blocking_notifier_call_chain() --> down_read(&nh->rwsem); <-- held rwsem --> notifier_call_chain() --> lineinfo_changed_notify() --> test_bit(xxxx, cdev->watched_lines) <-- use after free The side effect of the use-after-free issue is that a GPIO line event is being generated for userspace where it shouldn't. However, since the chrdev is being closed, userspace won't have the chance to read that event anyway. To fix the issue, call the bitmap_free() function after the unregistration of lineinfo_changed_nb notifier chain. Fixes: 51c1064 ("gpiolib: add new ioctl() for monitoring changes in line info") Signed-off-by: Zhongqiu Han <quic_zhonhan@quicinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240505141156.2944912-1-quic_zhonhan@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
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drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c

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@@ -2799,11 +2799,11 @@ static int gpio_chrdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
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struct gpio_chardev_data *cdev = file->private_data;
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struct gpio_device *gdev = cdev->gdev;
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bitmap_free(cdev->watched_lines);
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blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&gdev->device_notifier,
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&cdev->device_unregistered_nb);
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blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&gdev->line_state_notifier,
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&cdev->lineinfo_changed_nb);
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bitmap_free(cdev->watched_lines);
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gpio_device_put(gdev);
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kfree(cdev);
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