* [PATCH 1/3] power: supply: ltc2941: drain poll work before the power supply is unregistered
2026-11-06 16:00 [PATCH 0/3] power: supply: fix work-vs-devres teardown use-after-free hyunjungg
@ 2026-11-06 16:00 ` hyunjungg
2026-11-06 16:00 ` [PATCH 2/3] power: supply: axp20x_usb_power: drain vbus_detect work before unregistering the supply hyunjungg
2026-11-06 16:00 ` [PATCH 3/3] power: supply: mt6360_charger: drain chrdet_work before the power supply is freed hyunjungg
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: hyunjungg @ 2026-11-06 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sebastian Reichel, linux-pm
Cc: Chen-Yu Tsai, Matthias Brugger, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek, linux-kernel, Hyunjung Ko,
stable
From: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@gmail.com>
ltc294x_i2c_probe() registers the self-rearming poll work before the
power supply, so device-managed teardown drains it too late:
devm_delayed_work_autocancel(&client->dev, &info->work, ltc294x_work);
...
info->supply = devm_power_supply_register(&client->dev, ...);
...
schedule_delayed_work(&info->work, LTC294X_WORK_DELAY * HZ);
devres unwinds in reverse registration order, so on unbind/unload the
power supply is torn down first and the work is cancelled last:
power_supply_unregister(info->supply); /* frees info->supply */
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&info->work); /* too late */
power_supply_unregister() ends in device_unregister(&psy->dev), whose
release (power_supply_dev_release()) kfree()s the power_supply once the
last reference drops. The driver holds info->supply as a bare pointer
and takes no extra reference, so it is left dangling.
ltc294x_work() re-queues itself unconditionally every LTC294X_WORK_DELAY
seconds, so a poll instance is essentially always pending or running at
unbind. Its ltc294x_update() calls power_supply_changed(info->supply),
which unconditionally dereferences the supply (spin_lock on
psy->changed_lock, pm_stay_awake(&psy->dev), schedule_work on
psy->changed_work) with no use_cnt/removing guard on that path. If the
poll instance runs in the window after power_supply_unregister() has
freed the supply but before cancel_delayed_work_sync() has drained it,
it dereferences freed memory -> use-after-free.
Register the work cancellation after devm_power_supply_register(), so
devres (LIFO) cancels the work first -- while info->supply is still
valid -- and only then unregisters the power supply. Nothing queues the
work before schedule_delayed_work() below (external_power_changed is
NULL and ltc294x_reset() does not touch the work), so moving the
registration is safe; devm_delayed_work_autocancel() still performs the
INIT_DELAYED_WORK() before the work is first scheduled.
Found by static analysis / code review; compile-tested only, not
reproduced on hardware (requires an LTC2941/LTC2943 gas-gauge chip).
[USER: add a Fixes: tag. SHA not verifiable in this graft-at-7.3
worktree. The bug entered when ltc294x_i2c_probe() was converted
to devm_delayed_work_autocancel() ahead of
devm_power_supply_register()
(drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c). On a full-history
tree, blame those two devm calls; confirm the 12-char SHA +
subject of the devm-autocancel conversion before send.]
Fixes: 6d0c5de2fd84 ("power: supply: Clean-up few drivers by using managed work init")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@gmail.com>
---
drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c b/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c
index 6ebb555..8f8a8f6 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c
@@ -531,11 +531,6 @@ static int ltc294x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
psy_cfg.drv_data = info;
- ret = devm_delayed_work_autocancel(&client->dev, &info->work,
- ltc294x_work);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
ret = ltc294x_reset(info, prescaler_exp);
if (ret < 0)
return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, ret,
@@ -547,6 +542,11 @@ static int ltc294x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, PTR_ERR(info->supply),
"failed to register ltc2941\n");
+ ret = devm_delayed_work_autocancel(&client->dev, &info->work,
+ ltc294x_work);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
schedule_delayed_work(&info->work, LTC294X_WORK_DELAY * HZ);
return 0;
--
2.43.0
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2026-11-06 16:00 [PATCH 0/3] power: supply: fix work-vs-devres teardown use-after-free hyunjungg
2026-11-06 16:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] power: supply: ltc2941: drain poll work before the power supply is unregistered hyunjungg
@ 2026-11-06 16:00 ` hyunjungg
2026-11-06 16:00 ` [PATCH 3/3] power: supply: mt6360_charger: drain chrdet_work before the power supply is freed hyunjungg
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: hyunjungg @ 2026-11-06 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sebastian Reichel, linux-pm
Cc: Chen-Yu Tsai, Matthias Brugger, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek, linux-kernel, Hyunjung Ko,
stable
From: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@gmail.com>
axp20x_usb_power_probe() registers the self-rearming vbus_detect poll
work for device-managed cancellation before it registers the power
supply:
devm_delayed_work_autocancel(dev, &power->vbus_detect,
axp_data->axp20x_read_vbus);
...
power->supply = devm_power_supply_register(dev, ...);
devres unwinds in reverse registration order, so on unbind/unload the
power supply is torn down first and the work is cancelled last:
power_supply_unregister(power->supply); /* frees power->supply */
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&power->vbus_detect); /* too late */
power_supply_unregister() ends in device_unregister(&psy->dev), whose
release (power_supply_dev_release()) kfree()s the power_supply once the
last reference drops. The driver holds power->supply as a bare pointer
and takes no extra reference, so it is left dangling.
The vbus_detect handler (axp20x_usb_power_poll_vbus() /
axp717_usb_power_poll_vbus()) calls power_supply_changed(power->supply)
and re-queues itself via axp20x_usb_vbus_needs_polling(), so a poll
instance is essentially always pending or running whenever VBUS polling
is in use. It is also queued from the USB power IRQ. power_supply_changed()
unconditionally dereferences the supply (spin_lock on psy->changed_lock,
pm_stay_awake(&psy->dev), schedule_work on psy->changed_work) with no
use_cnt/removing guard on that path. If a poll instance runs in the
window after power_supply_unregister() has freed the supply but before
cancel_delayed_work_sync() has drained it, it dereferences freed
memory -> use-after-free.
Register the work cancellation after devm_power_supply_register(), so
devres (LIFO) cancels the work first -- while power->supply is still
valid -- and only then unregisters the supply. This mirrors the existing
"request irqs after registering" ordering in the same function: the IRQ
handler and the final queue_delayed_work() are the only things that
queue the work, and both already run after the supply is registered, so
devm_delayed_work_autocancel() still performs INIT_DELAYED_WORK() before
the work can first be scheduled.
Found by static analysis / code review; compile-tested only, not
reproduced on hardware (requires an AXP20x/AXP717-class PMIC).
Fixes: 6d0c5de2fd84 ("power: supply: Clean-up few drivers by using managed work init")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@gmail.com>
---
drivers/power/supply/axp20x_usb_power.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/axp20x_usb_power.c b/drivers/power/supply/axp20x_usb_power.c
index 7625366..5274e1e 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/axp20x_usb_power.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/axp20x_usb_power.c
@@ -979,11 +979,6 @@ static int axp20x_usb_power_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret)
return ret;
- ret = devm_delayed_work_autocancel(dev, &power->vbus_detect,
- axp_data->axp20x_read_vbus);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
if (power->vbus_mon_bit) {
/* Enable vbus valid checking */
ret = regmap_field_write(power->vbus_mon_bit, 1);
@@ -1018,6 +1013,17 @@ static int axp20x_usb_power_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(power->supply),
"Failed to register power supply\n");
+ /*
+ * Register the vbus_detect poll work for device-managed cancellation
+ * only after the power supply: devres unwinds LIFO, so the work -- whose
+ * handler dereferences power->supply via power_supply_changed() -- must
+ * be cancelled before the supply is unregistered and freed.
+ */
+ ret = devm_delayed_work_autocancel(dev, &power->vbus_detect,
+ axp_data->axp20x_read_vbus);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
/* Request irqs after registering, as irqs may trigger immediately */
for (i = 0; i < axp_data->num_irq_names; i++) {
irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, axp_data->irq_names[i]);
--
2.43.0
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2026-11-06 16:00 [PATCH 0/3] power: supply: fix work-vs-devres teardown use-after-free hyunjungg
2026-11-06 16:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] power: supply: ltc2941: drain poll work before the power supply is unregistered hyunjungg
2026-11-06 16:00 ` [PATCH 2/3] power: supply: axp20x_usb_power: drain vbus_detect work before unregistering the supply hyunjungg
@ 2026-11-06 16:00 ` hyunjungg
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: hyunjungg @ 2026-11-06 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sebastian Reichel, linux-pm
Cc: Chen-Yu Tsai, Matthias Brugger, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek, linux-kernel, Hyunjung Ko,
stable
From: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@gmail.com>
mt6360_charger_probe() registers the chrdet_work cancellation via
devm_work_autocancel() *before* devm_power_supply_register(), so devres
(which unwinds in reverse) frees the power supply device first and only
then cancels the work:
devm_work_autocancel(..., &mci->chrdet_work, ...); /* registered 1st */
...
mci->psy = devm_power_supply_register(...); /* registered 2nd */
...
schedule_work(&mci->chrdet_work);
The work handler mt6360_chrdet_work() runs mt6360_handle_chrdet_ext_evt(),
which calls power_supply_changed(mci->psy). chrdet_work is scheduled at
the end of probe, so on an unbind that races that work, devres tears down
in reverse order: devm_power_supply_register()'s release frees the power
supply device before the devm_work_autocancel action drains chrdet_work,
and the work then dereferences the freed mci->psy -> use-after-free.
Register the work cancellation after devm_power_supply_register() (and
after the other devm resources), so reverse-order devres cleanup drains
chrdet_work while mci->psy is still valid. chrdet_work is only scheduled
later in probe, so moving the devm_work_autocancel() (which also
initialises the work) down is safe.
Found by code review; not runtime-reproduced (requires MT6360 PMIC
hardware and a charger-detect event racing device unbind).
[USER: add a Fixes: tag. SHA not verifiable in this graft-at-7.3 worktree.
Blame the devm_work_autocancel() introduction in mt6360_charger.c on a
full-history tree and confirm the 12-char SHA + subject before send.]
Fixes: 0402e8ebb8b8 ("power: supply: mt6360_charger: add MT6360 charger support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunjung Ko <hj351016@gmail.com>
---
drivers/power/supply/mt6360_charger.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/mt6360_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/mt6360_charger.c
index b4d4623..e382db4 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/mt6360_charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/mt6360_charger.c
@@ -790,9 +790,6 @@ static int mt6360_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
mci->vinovp = 6500000;
mutex_init(&mci->chgdet_lock);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, mci);
- ret = devm_work_autocancel(&pdev->dev, &mci->chrdet_work, mt6360_chrdet_work);
- if (ret)
- return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to set delayed work\n");
ret = device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "richtek,vinovp-microvolt", &mci->vinovp);
if (ret)
@@ -828,6 +825,16 @@ static int mt6360_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (IS_ERR(mci->otg_rdev))
return PTR_ERR(mci->otg_rdev);
+ /*
+ * Register the work cancellation only after the power supply is
+ * registered. devres unwinds in reverse, so this guarantees the
+ * work (which calls power_supply_changed(mci->psy)) is drained
+ * before the power supply device is freed on unbind.
+ */
+ ret = devm_work_autocancel(&pdev->dev, &mci->chrdet_work, mt6360_chrdet_work);
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to set delayed work\n");
+
schedule_work(&mci->chrdet_work);
return 0;
--
2.43.0
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