Re: [PATCH 1/2] tpm: Fix tpmrm reference counting

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On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:14:08AM +0200, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:
> The code added by commit 8979b02aaf1d6de8 ("tpm: Fix reference count to
> main device") tries to take an extra reference to the main device only
> for TPM2 by looking at the flags, but the flags are actually not set
> at the time when tpm_chip_alloc() is called, so no extra reference is
> ever taken, leading to a use-after-free if the TPM modules are removed
> when the tpmrm device is in use.

Please read this

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20210205172528.GP4718@xxxxxxxx/

Jason



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