From: Chengyu Liu <lui2012qwq@gmail.com>
To: broonie@kernel.org
Cc: lgirdwood@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Chengyu Liu <lui2012qwq@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] regulator: disable disable_work for good in regulator_unregister()
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 22:07:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261104140722.389859-1-lui2012qwq@gmail.com> (raw)
regulator_unregister() stops rdev->disable_work with
flush_work(&dw->work), which is a no-op for a delayed_work pending on
the timer wheel: flush_work() only waits for a queued or running work
item. A disable deferred by a consumer's regulator_disable_deferred()
therefore survives the provider's unbind, and regulator_disable_work()
fires after device_unregister() has freed the rdev, dereferencing it
via container_of(). Use-after-free.
The in-tree users are ASoC DAPM regulator widgets with a 20 ms
power-down delay (sound/soc/soc-dapm.c): the window is the entire
deferral period, not a race between adjacent instructions.
Use disable_delayed_work_sync(): it dequeues a timer-pending instance
and waits for a running callback, and keeps the work disabled so a
concurrent regulator_disable_deferred() cannot re-arm it while the
teardown proceeds.
Found by static analysis.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chengyu Liu <lui2012qwq@gmail.com>
---
v2: switch to disable_delayed_work_sync() (Mark Brown): also keeps the
work disabled so nothing can re-arm it past the teardown.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261103174911.1600930-1-lui2012qwq@gmail.com
drivers/regulator/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 6a4008f387b5..4ba0457c4747 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -6300,7 +6300,7 @@ void regulator_unregister(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
regulator_put(rdev->supply);
}
- flush_work(&rdev->disable_work.work);
+ disable_delayed_work_sync(&rdev->disable_work);
mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
--
2.25.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-11-04 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-04 14:07 Chengyu Liu [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-11-03 17:49 [PATCH] regulator: cancel disable_work synchronously " Chengyu Liu
2026-11-04 13:48 ` [PATCH v2] regulator: disable disable_work for good " Chengyu Liu
2026-11-04 13:53 ` Mark Brown
2026-11-04 13:58 ` Chengyu Liu
2026-11-04 14:44 ` Mark Brown
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