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From: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>
To: ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com, perex@perex.cz, tiwai@suse.com
Cc: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	baijiaju1990@gmail.com, jjzuming@gmail.com, zzzccc427@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: pcmtest: Pin the module while pattern files are open
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:04:42 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pm-pmb-1ce354e709dbab28e563-v2-6b2ea0aa16ec39442f6d@gmail.com> (raw)

The fill_pattern_fops table must remain alive until the final release
of each pattern debugfs file. It has no .owner, so the fops_get() call
in full_proxy_open_regular() does not take a PCMTest module reference.

With snd-pcmtest loaded as a module, a user with permission to open a
fill_patternN file and unload the module can retain the descriptor
across normal unload, provided no PCM file or other module reference
prevents it. The following ordering is possible:

  Pattern file user                   Module unload
  -----------------                   -------------
  open(fill_patternN)
    full_proxy_open_regular()
      fops_get(fill_pattern_fops)
        owner == NULL: no module pin
  keep the descriptor open
                                      mod_exit()
                                        clear_debug_files()
                                          debugfs_remove_recursive()
                                          drain active operations
                                      return from mod_exit()
                                      free_module()
                                        free the module image
  close(fd)
    full_proxy_release()
      read real_fops->release -> UAF
      fops_put(real_fops)
        read real_fops->owner
      access freed module memory

Even though the table has no release callback, reading those fields
is a use-after-free and can fault. The retained dentry keeps the
proxy's bookkeeping alive, but does not retain the module storage.

Set .owner to THIS_MODULE so the existing fops_get()/fops_put() pair
pins PCMTest until final release has finished accessing the table.
Normal module unload is then blocked while any pattern file is open.

Fixes: 315a3d57c64c ("ALSA: Implement the new Virtual PCM Test Driver")
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: LLM

---

diff --git a/sound/drivers/pcmtest.c b/sound/drivers/pcmtest.c
index 393f132a438b343c156e4ab45cbce4d4e2230923..d1b0dff56cd9f67b2e32031a1ea62c9a268e5e71 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/pcmtest.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/pcmtest.c
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ static ssize_t pattern_read(struct file *file, char __user *u_buff, size_t len,
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations fill_pattern_fops = {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.read = pattern_read,
 	.write = pattern_write,
 };

             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-19  9:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-19  9:04 Cen Zhang [this message]
2026-10-19 14:22 ` Takashi Iwai

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