Hello, On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:10:01, Sean Young wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 09:12:23AM +0800, Duoming Zhou wrote: > > When the ene device is detaching, function ene_remove() will > > be called. But there is no function to cancel tx_sim_timer > > in ene_remove(), the timer handler ene_tx_irqsim() could race > > with ene_remove(). As a result, the UAF bugs could happen, > > the process is shown below. > > > > (cleanup routine) | (timer routine) > > | mod_timer(&dev->tx_sim_timer, ..) > > ene_remove() | (wait a time) > > kfree(dev) //FREE | > > | ene_tx_irqsim() > > | dev->hw_lock //USE > > | ene_tx_sample(dev) //USE > > > > Fix by adding del_timer_sync(&dev->tx_sim_timer) in ene_remove(), > > The tx_sim_timer could stop before ene device is deallocated. > > > > This problem is found by static analysis. > > > > Fixes: 9ea53b74df9c ("V4L/DVB: STAGING: remove lirc_ene0100 driver") > > Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c b/drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c > > index e09270916fb..716b72a048f 100644 > > --- a/drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c > > +++ b/drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c > > @@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ static void ene_remove(struct pnp_dev *pnp_dev) > > free_irq(dev->irq, dev); > > release_region(dev->hw_io, ENE_IO_SIZE); > > rc_unregister_device(dev->rdev); > > + del_timer_sync(&dev->tx_sim_timer); > > Great catch! > > The timer can call ene_tx_sample() which can write to the io ports, so the > ordering still is not quite right. I think the rc_unregister_device() and > del_timer_sync() should be call first in ene_remove(). Thank you for your time and suggestions! I will put rc_unregister_device() and del_timer_sync() before release_region() in order that the tx_sim_timer could finish before io ports are released. Best regards, Duoming Zhou