This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled uio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open to the 6.1-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: uio-fix-use-after-free-in-uio_open.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 0c9ae0b8605078eafc3bea053cc78791e97ba2e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guanghui Feng <guanghuifeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:57:43 +0800 Subject: uio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open From: Guanghui Feng <guanghuifeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 0c9ae0b8605078eafc3bea053cc78791e97ba2e2 upstream. core-1 core-2 ------------------------------------------------------- uio_unregister_device uio_open idev = idr_find() device_unregister(&idev->dev) put_device(&idev->dev) uio_device_release get_device(&idev->dev) kfree(idev) uio_free_minor(minor) uio_release put_device(&idev->dev) kfree(idev) ------------------------------------------------------- In the core-1 uio_unregister_device(), the device_unregister will kfree idev when the idev->dev kobject ref is 1. But after core-1 device_unregister, put_device and before doing kfree, the core-2 may get_device. Then: 1. After core-1 kfree idev, the core-2 will do use-after-free for idev. 2. When core-2 do uio_release and put_device, the idev will be double freed. To address this issue, we can get idev atomic & inc idev reference with minor_lock. Fixes: 57c5f4df0a5a ("uio: fix crash after the device is unregistered") Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Guanghui Feng <guanghuifeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1703152663-59949-1-git-send-email-guanghuifeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/uio/uio.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c @@ -466,13 +466,13 @@ static int uio_open(struct inode *inode, mutex_lock(&minor_lock); idev = idr_find(&uio_idr, iminor(inode)); - mutex_unlock(&minor_lock); if (!idev) { ret = -ENODEV; + mutex_unlock(&minor_lock); goto out; } - get_device(&idev->dev); + mutex_unlock(&minor_lock); if (!try_module_get(idev->owner)) { ret = -ENODEV; @@ -1064,9 +1064,8 @@ void uio_unregister_device(struct uio_in wake_up_interruptible(&idev->wait); kill_fasync(&idev->async_queue, SIGIO, POLL_HUP); - device_unregister(&idev->dev); - uio_free_minor(minor); + device_unregister(&idev->dev); return; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from guanghuifeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.1/uio-fix-use-after-free-in-uio_open.patch