[PATCH] dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function

From: Amelie Delaunay
Date: Wed Dec 13 2023 - 11:05:16 EST


__dma_async_device_channel_register() can fail. In case of failure,
chan->local is freed (with free_percpu()), and chan->local is nullified.
When dma_async_device_unregister() is called (because of managed API or
intentionally by DMA controller driver), channels are unconditionally
unregistered, leading to this NULL pointer:
[ 1.318693] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0
[...]
[ 1.484499] Call trace:
[ 1.486930] device_del+0x40/0x394
[ 1.490314] device_unregister+0x20/0x7c
[ 1.494220] __dma_async_device_channel_unregister+0x68/0xc0

Look at dma_async_device_register() function error path, channel device
unregistration is done only if chan->local is not NULL.

Then add the same condition at the beginning of
__dma_async_device_channel_unregister() function, to avoid NULL pointer
issue whatever the API used to reach this function.

Fixes: d2fb0a043838 ("dmaengine: break out channel registration")
Signed-off-by: Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index b7388ae62d7f..491b22240221 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -1103,6 +1103,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_async_device_channel_register);
static void __dma_async_device_channel_unregister(struct dma_device *device,
struct dma_chan *chan)
{
+ if (chan->local == NULL)
+ return;
+
WARN_ONCE(!device->device_release && chan->client_count,
"%s called while %d clients hold a reference\n",
__func__, chan->client_count);
--
2.25.1