From: Sven Van Asbroeck thesven73@gmail.com
[ Upstream commit 2b8066c3deb9140fdf258417a51479b2aeaa7622 ]
If probe() fails anywhere beyond the point where sdma_get_firmware() is called, then a kernel oops may occur.
Problematic sequence of events: 1. probe() calls sdma_get_firmware(), which schedules the firmware callback to run when firmware becomes available, using the sdma instance structure as the context 2. probe() encounters an error, which deallocates the sdma instance structure 3. firmware becomes available, firmware callback is called with deallocated sdma instance structure 4. use after free - kernel oops !
Solution: only attempt to load firmware when we're certain that probe() will succeed. This guarantees that the firmware callback's context will remain valid.
Note that the remove() path is unaffected by this issue: the firmware loader will increment the driver module's use count, ensuring that the module cannot be unloaded while the firmware callback is pending or running.
Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck TheSven73@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Robin Gong yibin.gong@nxp.com [vkoul: fixed braces for if condition] Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul vkoul@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c index 48d4dddf4941..b7615f7c223c 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c @@ -1786,27 +1786,6 @@ static int sdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (pdata && pdata->script_addrs) sdma_add_scripts(sdma, pdata->script_addrs);
- if (pdata) { - ret = sdma_get_firmware(sdma, pdata->fw_name); - if (ret) - dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to get firmware from platform data\n"); - } else { - /* - * Because that device tree does not encode ROM script address, - * the RAM script in firmware is mandatory for device tree - * probe, otherwise it fails. - */ - ret = of_property_read_string(np, "fsl,sdma-ram-script-name", - &fw_name); - if (ret) - dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to get firmware name\n"); - else { - ret = sdma_get_firmware(sdma, fw_name); - if (ret) - dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to get firmware from device tree\n"); - } - } - sdma->dma_device.dev = &pdev->dev;
sdma->dma_device.device_alloc_chan_resources = sdma_alloc_chan_resources; @@ -1848,6 +1827,33 @@ static int sdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) of_node_put(spba_bus); }
+ /* + * Kick off firmware loading as the very last step: + * attempt to load firmware only if we're not on the error path, because + * the firmware callback requires a fully functional and allocated sdma + * instance. + */ + if (pdata) { + ret = sdma_get_firmware(sdma, pdata->fw_name); + if (ret) + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to get firmware from platform data\n"); + } else { + /* + * Because that device tree does not encode ROM script address, + * the RAM script in firmware is mandatory for device tree + * probe, otherwise it fails. + */ + ret = of_property_read_string(np, "fsl,sdma-ram-script-name", + &fw_name); + if (ret) { + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to get firmware name\n"); + } else { + ret = sdma_get_firmware(sdma, fw_name); + if (ret) + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to get firmware from device tree\n"); + } + } + return 0;
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