Re: [PATCH v2] PCIE/PME: fix possible use-after-free on remove

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Fri Mar 01 2019 - 19:11:28 EST


On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:54 AM Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In remove(), ensure that the pme work cannot run after kfree()
> is called. Otherwise, this could result in a use-after-free.
>
> This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> Cc: Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederick Lawler <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to pci/pm for v5.1, thanks!

> ---
> drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> v2:
> rebased against Bjorn Helgaas's pcm/pm branch at
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci.git
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c
> index efa5b552914b..54d593d10396 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c
> @@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ static void pcie_pme_remove(struct pcie_device *srv)
>
> pcie_pme_disable_interrupt(srv->port, data);
> free_irq(srv->irq, srv);
> + cancel_work_sync(&data->work);
> kfree(data);
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>