Re: [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: Fix use after free in pci_epf_remove_cfs()

[Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>]

Hi Shunsuke,

On 21/06/21 12:30 pm, Shunsuke Mie wrote:
> All of entries are freed in a loop, however, the freed entry is accessed
> by list_del() after the loop.
> 
> When epf driver that includes pci-epf-test unload, the pci_epf_remove_cfs()
> is called, and occurred the use after free. Therefore, kernel panics
> randomly after or while the module unloading.
> 
> I tested this patch with r8a77951-Salvator-xs boards.

Can you provide the crash dump?
> 
> Fixes: ef1433f ("PCI: endpoint: Create configfs entry for each pci_epf_device_id table entry")
> Signed-off-by: Shunsuke Mie <mie@igel.co.jp>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c
> index e9289d10f822..538e902b0ba6 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c
> @@ -202,8 +202,10 @@ static void pci_epf_remove_cfs(struct pci_epf_driver *driver)
>  		return;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&pci_epf_mutex);
> -	list_for_each_entry_safe(group, tmp, &driver->epf_group, group_entry)
> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(group, tmp, &driver->epf_group, group_entry) {
> +		list_del(&group->group_entry);

Need full crash dump to see if this is really required or not. Ideally this
should be handled by configfs (or a configfs API could be used).

Thanks,
Kishon