This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ubi: ubi_create_volume: Fix use-after-free when volume creation failed to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ubi-ubi_create_volume-fix-use-after-free-when-volume.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit cf3ecfe58f9f1a485cb78135c2bff899338f0610 Author: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue May 10 20:31:26 2022 +0800 ubi: ubi_create_volume: Fix use-after-free when volume creation failed [ Upstream commit 8c03a1c21d72210f81cb369cc528e3fde4b45411 ] There is an use-after-free problem for 'eba_tbl' in ubi_create_volume()'s error handling path: ubi_eba_replace_table(vol, eba_tbl) vol->eba_tbl = tbl out_mapping: ubi_eba_destroy_table(eba_tbl) // Free 'eba_tbl' out_unlock: put_device(&vol->dev) vol_release kfree(tbl->entries) // UAF Fix it by removing redundant 'eba_tbl' releasing. Fetch a reproducer in [Link]. Fixes: 493cfaeaa0c9b ("mtd: utilize new cdev_device_add helper function") Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215965 Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c index 1bc7b3a05604..6ea95ade4ca6 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c @@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ int ubi_create_volume(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_mkvol_req *req) ubi->volumes[vol_id] = NULL; ubi->vol_count -= 1; spin_unlock(&ubi->volumes_lock); - ubi_eba_destroy_table(eba_tbl); out_acc: spin_lock(&ubi->volumes_lock); ubi->rsvd_pebs -= vol->reserved_pebs;