From: Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>
To: andi.shyti@kernel.org, wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com
Cc: johan@kernel.org, hdanton@sina.com, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+23ad911c819b923238b7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] i2c: core: fix debugfs UAF on adapter removal
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:23:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730162540.291570-1-vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com> (raw)
i2c_del_adapter() frees the adapter's debugfs directory before it
unregisters the adapter device, but the new_device sysfs attribute stays
writable until device_del(). A write racing with removal still reaches
i2c_device_probe(), which passes the freed adap->debugfs to
debugfs_create_dir() as the new client's parent:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88803ef87810 by task syz.0.61/6090
lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430
simple_start_creating+0x9c/0x110
debugfs_start_creating+0xdb/0x1a0
debugfs_create_dir+0x24/0x350
i2c_device_probe+0x814/0xbf0
Remove the directory only once the adapter device has been released.
Its refcount reaching zero means no client is left to reference it.
Fixes: 73febd775bdb ("i2c: create debugfs entry per adapter")
Reported-by: syzbot+23ad911c819b923238b7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=23ad911c819b923238b7
Signed-off-by: Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>
---
drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 3ec04787a737..b894563f5a75 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -1826,8 +1826,6 @@ void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
i2c_host_notify_irq_teardown(adap);
- debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs);
-
/* wait until all references to the device are gone
*
* FIXME: This is old code and should ideally be replaced by an
@@ -1839,6 +1837,9 @@ void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
device_unregister(&adap->dev);
wait_for_completion(&adap->dev_released);
+ /* clients use this directory as their debugfs parent */
+ debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs);
+
/* free bus id */
mutex_lock(&core_lock);
idr_remove(&i2c_adapter_idr, adap->nr);
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-30 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-30 16:23 Vasileios Almpanis [this message]
2026-07-31 21:35 ` Andi Shyti
2026-08-01 16:21 ` Vasileios Almpanis
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