From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> commit 15fffc6a5624b13b428bb1c6e9088e32a55eb82c upstream. uevent_show() wants to de-reference dev->driver->name. There is no clean way for a device attribute to de-reference dev->driver unless that attribute is defined via (struct device_driver).dev_groups. Instead, the anti-pattern of taking the device_lock() in the attribute handler risks deadlocks with code paths that remove device attributes while holding the lock. This deadlock is typically invisible to lockdep given the device_lock() is marked lockdep_set_novalidate_class(), but some subsystems allocate a local lockdep key for @dev->mutex to reveal reports of the form: ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 6.10.0-rc7+ #275 Tainted: G OE N ------------------------------------------------------ modprobe/2374 is trying to acquire lock: ffff8c2270070de0 (kn->active#6){++++}-{0:0}, at: __kernfs_remove+0xde/0x220 but task is already holding lock: ffff8c22016e88f8 (&cxl_root_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0x39/0x210 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&cxl_root_key){+.+.}-{3:3}: __mutex_lock+0x99/0xc30 uevent_show+0xac/0x130 dev_attr_show+0x18/0x40 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xac/0xf0 seq_read_iter+0x110/0x450 vfs_read+0x25b/0x340 ksys_read+0x67/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x75/0x190 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e -> #0 (kn->active#6){++++}-{0:0}: __lock_acquire+0x121a/0x1fa0 lock_acquire+0xd6/0x2e0 kernfs_drain+0x1e9/0x200 __kernfs_remove+0xde/0x220 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x5e/0xa0 device_del+0x168/0x410 device_unregister+0x13/0x60 devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110 device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70 device_release_driver_internal+0x1c7/0x210 driver_detach+0x47/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xf0 cxl_acpi_exit+0xc/0x11 [cxl_acpi] __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x181/0x260 do_syscall_64+0x75/0x190 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The observation though is that driver objects are typically much longer lived than device objects. It is reasonable to perform lockless de-reference of a @driver pointer even if it is racing detach from a device. Given the infrequency of driver unregistration, use synchronize_rcu() in module_remove_driver() to close any potential races. It is potentially overkill to suffer synchronize_rcu() just to handle the rare module removal racing uevent_show() event. Thanks to Tetsuo Handa for the debug analysis of the syzbot report [1]. Fixes: c0a40097f0bc ("drivers: core: synchronize really_probe() and dev_uevent()") Reported-by: syzbot+4762dd74e32532cda5ff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: http://lore.kernel.org/5aa5558f-90a4-4864-b1b1-5d6784c5607d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [1] Link: http://lore.kernel.org/669073b8ea479_5fffa294c1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.notmuch Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/172081332794.577428.9738802016494057132.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/core.c | 13 ++++++++----- drivers/base/module.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ #include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/pm_runtime.h> #include <linux/netdevice.h> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h> #include <linux/sched/signal.h> #include <linux/sched/mm.h> #include <linux/swiotlb.h> @@ -2558,6 +2559,7 @@ static const char *dev_uevent_name(struc static int dev_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env) { struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj); + struct device_driver *driver; int retval = 0; /* add device node properties if present */ @@ -2586,8 +2588,12 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kobject *ko if (dev->type && dev->type->name) add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name); - if (dev->driver) - add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name); + /* Synchronize with module_remove_driver() */ + rcu_read_lock(); + driver = READ_ONCE(dev->driver); + if (driver) + add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", driver->name); + rcu_read_unlock(); /* Add common DT information about the device */ of_device_uevent(dev, env); @@ -2657,11 +2663,8 @@ static ssize_t uevent_show(struct device if (!env) return -ENOMEM; - /* Synchronize with really_probe() */ - device_lock(dev); /* let the kset specific function add its keys */ retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(&dev->kobj, env); - device_unlock(dev); if (retval) goto out; --- a/drivers/base/module.c +++ b/drivers/base/module.c @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ #include <linux/errno.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/string.h> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h> #include "base.h" static char *make_driver_name(struct device_driver *drv) @@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ void module_remove_driver(struct device_ if (!drv) return; + /* Synchronize with dev_uevent() */ + synchronize_rcu(); + sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module"); if (drv->owner) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx are queue-6.1/driver-core-fix-uevent_show-vs-driver-detach-race.patch