From: 徐晗翔 <xuhx@hust.edu.cn>
To: sre@kernel.org
Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: power: supply: bq25890: pump-express work can call power_supply_changed after the psy is unregistered
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:14:45 +0800 (GMT+08:00) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ff0e52f.22b04.1a1c598c347.Coremail.xuhx@hust.edu.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026102727-data-sequel-ce41@gregkh>
The bq25890 probe registers the power_supply with devm and registers
bq25890_non_devm_cleanup() as an earlier devm action. Devres is LIFO,
so on unbind the psy is unregistered first and the pump-express work is
canceled only afterwards. bq25890_remove() does not cancel the work.
The pump work can therefore run after power_supply_unregister() and call
power_supply_changed(bq->charger) (and set_property on the secondary
charger), dereferencing a psy that the core may already have freed.
This is a driver remove-order bug, not the core wrapper bug.
The detailed description:
* Test environment / affected version
Linux 7.3.0 source tree (unmodified kernel.org 7.3), x86_64. This is
a source-level report. I did not run it on bq25890 hardware: the
KASAN build used for my core tests does not enable
CONFIG_CHARGER_BQ25890 and has no I2C bq25890 device. No reproducer
is attached. Line numbers are from 7.3.
* Mechanism
Probe order:
:1409 bq->secondary_chrg = power_supply_get_by_name(...)
:1413 devm_add_action_or_reset(..., bq25890_release_secondary_chrg)
:1477 INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bq->pump_express_work, ...)
:1522 devm_add_action_or_reset(..., bq25890_non_devm_cleanup)
:1530 bq25890_power_supply_init()
:1040 devm_power_supply_register(...)
:1534 devm_request_threaded_irq(...)
The comment at :1518-1520 says the cleanup action must be registered
before bq25890_power_supply_init() so that it runs after devm
unregisters the power_supply. That is exactly the wrong order for a
work that calls into the psy: the psy is gone before the work is
canceled.
bq25890_remove() (:1550-1563) only cancels the usb_phy work and resets
the chip; it does not cancel pump_express_work.
bq25890_non_devm_cleanup() (:1449-1460) calls
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bq->pump_express_work), but only after the
psy unregister.
bq25890_charger_external_power_changed() (:744-779) queues the work at
:763-765. The work (:1056-1116) sleeps/polls for up to several
seconds (3 s poll + 1 s sleep per iteration), calls
power_supply_set_property(secondary, ONLINE) at :1068/:1104, and
power_supply_changed(bq->charger) at :1110.
Once power_supply_unregister() has run and the last reference is gone,
bq->charger is a dangling pointer; power_supply_changed() dereferences
psy->changed_lock at its first line. If a consumer still holds a
reference, the psy survives but is already removed; the changed work
then hits the core 5B problem.
* Concrete corruption / impact
power_supply_changed() on the freed psy is a slab-use-after-free
(spin_lock on the freed changed_lock, then schedule_work on the freed
work item). It can corrupt the workqueue or crash the kernel; if a
consumer keeps the psy alive, the same call reaches the freed LED
triggers described in the core 5B report on a 7.3 kernel without the
9f7f7a859451 get/set guard. I have not demonstrated
privilege escalation, and I have not run this on hardware.
* Trigger model
bq25890 with pump-express enabled and a DCP charger; unbind/remove
while the pump work is queued or running. The work deliberately
sleeps, so the window is seconds, not a single instruction. Removing
the device or unbinding the driver requires root; a charger
unplug/replug can also start the work. No generic unprivileged
userspace interface.
* Reproducer / results
No reproducer attached. This is a source-level report; I can test a
proposed fix if bq25890 hardware is available. The relevant call
chain is fully visible in 7.3 at the line numbers above.
* Suggested direction
Quiesce the work before unregistering the psy. In bq25890_remove(),
set a stop flag checked by bq25890_charger_external_power_changed(),
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bq->pump_express_work), then ensure the
power_supply is unregistered after that (explicit unregister or a
devres order that puts cleanup before unregister). Reordering the
cleanup action alone is not enough because external_power_changed()
can requeue the work after the cancel. Also clear or check
bq->charger before use. Report-first, no patch attached; happy to
test a proposal.
Please keep me in Cc; I am not subscribed to the lists.
Regards,
Hanxiang Xu
xuhx@hust.edu.cn
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 13:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2026-11-10 13:14 ` 徐晗翔 [this message]
2026-11-10 13:17 ` power: supply: core: get/set property callbacks can run after unregister and read freed driver data 徐晗翔
2026-11-10 13:18 ` power: supply: core: system-battery enumeration can return an unregistered battery 徐晗翔
2026-11-10 13:21 ` power: supply: core: changed work can run after unregister and use freed LED triggers 徐晗翔
2026-11-10 13:23 ` power: supply: bq24190: IRQ handler can call power_supply_changed after the psy is unregistered 徐晗翔
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