From: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
To: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] rpmsg: char: take ept_lock in the SET_INCOMING_FLOWCONTROL ioctl
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:06:50 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261031090650.23701-1-yuz08559@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261026100306.68019-1-yuz08559@gmail.com>
rpmsg_eptdev_ioctl() handles RPMSG_SET_INCOMING_FLOWCONTROL by calling
rpmsg_set_flow_control(eptdev->ept, ...) without holding eptdev->ept_lock
and without checking eptdev->ept for NULL. rpmsg_set_flow_control()
dereferences ept->ops, so this is the only eptdev->ept user that does not
honour the ept_lock discipline.
eptdev->ept is torn down under ept_lock: rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy()
(reached via RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL on a second fd, or when the rpmsg
device is removed) and rpmsg_eptdev_release() both do
mutex_lock(&eptdev->ept_lock);
rpmsg_destroy_ept(eptdev->ept);
eptdev->ept = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock);
and rpmsg_destroy_ept() drops the endpoint's last reference and frees it.
A SET_INCOMING_FLOWCONTROL ioctl running concurrently can therefore read
eptdev->ept just as it is freed and dereference ept->ops -> use-after-free
(or a NULL dereference once ept has been cleared).
Fixes: 5550201c0fe2 ("rpmsg: char: Add RPMSG GET/SET FLOWCONTROL IOCTL support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yuz08559@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Drop the paragraph about the other ept_lock users from the commit
message (Mathieu).
- Bail out early when the endpoint is already gone instead of an
if/else around the call (Mathieu).
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261026100306.68019-1-yuz08559@gmail.com/
---
drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
index 550fda2..d8868fa 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
@@ -343,7 +343,20 @@ static long rpmsg_eptdev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
break;
}
set = !!arg;
- ret = rpmsg_set_flow_control(eptdev->ept, set, eptdev->chinfo.dst);
+
+ ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&eptdev->ept_lock);
+ if (ret)
+ break;
+
+ if (!eptdev->ept) {
+ mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock);
+ ret = -EPIPE;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ ret = rpmsg_set_flow_control(eptdev->ept, set,
+ eptdev->chinfo.dst);
+ mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock);
break;
case RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL:
/* Don't allow to destroy a default endpoint. */
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-31 9:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-26 10:03 [PATCH] " Yu Zhang
2026-10-30 17:48 ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-10-31 9:06 ` Yu Zhang [this message]
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