Subject: Re: [PATCH] mISDN: hfcpci: Fix use-after-free bug in hfcpci_softirq

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:48:43 +0100

On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 02:37:31PM +0800, Duoming Zhou wrote:
> The function hfcpci_softirq() is a timer handler. If it
> is running, the timer_pending() will return 0 and the
> del_timer_sync() in HFC_cleanup() will not be executed.
> As a result, the use-after-free bug will happen. The
> process is shown below:
> 
>     (cleanup routine)          |        (timer handler)
> HFC_cleanup()                  | hfcpci_softirq()
>  if (timer_pending(&hfc_tl))   |
>    del_timer_sync()            |
>  ...                           | ...
>  pci_unregister_driver(hc)     |
>   driver_unregister            |  driver_for_each_device
>    bus_remove_driver           |   _hfcpci_softirq
>     driver_detach              |   ...
>      put_device(dev) //[1]FREE |
>                                |    dev_get_drvdata(dev) //[2]USE
> 
> The device is deallocated is position [1] and used in
> position [2].
> 
> Fix by removing the "timer_pending" check in HFC_cleanup(),
> which makes sure that the hfcpci_softirq() have finished
> before the resource is deallocated.
> 
> Fixes: 009fc857c5f6 ("mISDN: fix possible use-after-free in HFC_cleanup()")
> Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c
> index af17459c1a5..e964a8dd851 100644
> --- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c
> +++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c
> @@ -2345,8 +2345,7 @@ HFC_init(void)
>  static void __exit
>  HFC_cleanup(void)
>  {
> -	if (timer_pending(&hfc_tl))
> -		del_timer_sync(&hfc_tl);
> +	del_timer_sync(&hfc_tl);

How was this tested?  Do you have this hardware?

thanks,

greg k-h