From: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
"John Ogness" <john.ogness@linutronix.de>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/3] serial: 8250: hold hash_mutex across IRQ chain linking in serial_link_irq_chain()
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:12:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930041216.155911-2-benquike@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930041216.155911-1-benquike@gmail.com>
In serial_link_irq_chain(), serial_get_or_create_irq_info() acquires
hash_mutex to search or allocate a chain instance and drops hash_mutex
before returning.
If a concurrent call to serial_unlink_irq_chain() runs immediately after
serial_get_or_create_irq_info() returns while i->head is still NULL,
serial_unlink_irq_chain() acquires hash_mutex, finds i with
i->head == NULL, frees the chain structure via free_irq() / kfree(),
and removes it from the hashtable. serial_link_irq_chain() then
proceeds to scoped_guard(spinlock_irq, &i->lock), dereferencing the freed
chain pointer i and causing a slab use-after-free.
Move guard(mutex)(&hash_mutex) to the beginning of
serial_link_irq_chain() and rename serial_get_or_create_irq_info() to
serial_get_or_create_irq_info_locked() so hash_mutex is held across the
entire lookup, linking, and error-path unlinking sequence.
Tested in QEMU against tip of mainline (62f4c998b297, "Merge tag
'parisc-for-7.3-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/.../parisc-linux")
with KASAN enabled by concurrently opening/closing 8250 serial ports
sharing IRQ 4 (ttyS0 and ttyS2): on the unfixed kernel KASAN detects
slab-use-after-free in serial_link_irq_chain(); whereas with this fix
applied, port registration and unregistration run cleanly with 0 KASAN
warnings.
Fixes: e91f1ed6c24f ("serial: 8250: fix use-after-free in serial_link_irq_chain")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- Rebased cleanly onto tip of mainline commit 62f4c998b297.
- Updated patch diff and commit description to align with upstream
guard(mutex) refactoring in 8250_core.c.
Changes in v4:
- No changes.
Changes in v3:
- No changes.
Changes in v2:
- Split out from monolithic patch into patch 1/3, add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org,
and document QEMU test procedure in commit message body, as requested by
Greg Kroah-Hartman and John Ogness.
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 10 ++++------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
index b875d394796f..e831a8fe9a95 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
@@ -130,12 +130,10 @@ static void serial_do_unlink(struct irq_info *i, struct uart_8250_port *up)
* - find the corresponding info in the hashtable and return it, or
* - allocate a new one, add it to the hashtable and return it.
*/
-static struct irq_info *serial_get_or_create_irq_info(const struct uart_8250_port *up)
+static struct irq_info *serial_get_or_create_irq_info_locked(const struct uart_8250_port *up)
{
struct irq_info *i;
- guard(mutex)(&hash_mutex);
-
hash_for_each_possible(irq_lists, i, node, up->port.irq)
if (i->irq == up->port.irq)
return i;
@@ -156,7 +154,9 @@ static int serial_link_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
struct irq_info *i;
int ret;
- i = serial_get_or_create_irq_info(up);
+ guard(mutex)(&hash_mutex);
+
+ i = serial_get_or_create_irq_info_locked(up);
if (IS_ERR(i))
return PTR_ERR(i);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 4:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-30 4:12 [PATCH v5 0/3] serial: fix IRQ chain race, baud fallback, and uartclk overflow Hui Peng
2026-09-30 4:12 ` Hui Peng [this message]
2026-09-30 10:06 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] serial: 8250: hold hash_mutex across IRQ chain linking in serial_link_irq_chain() Ilpo Järvinen
2026-09-30 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] serial: core: allow third iteration in uart_get_baud_rate() fallback Hui Peng
2026-09-30 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] serial: core: reject baud_base values that overflow port->uartclk in uart_set_info() Hui Peng
2026-09-30 6:29 ` Jiri Slaby
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260930041216.155911-2-benquike@gmail.com \
--to=benquike@gmail.com \
--cc=andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com \
--cc=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
--cc=ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com \
--cc=jirislaby@kernel.org \
--cc=john.ogness@linutronix.de \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-serial@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=stable@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®