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PCI: Fix pci_host_bridge struct device release/free handling
The PCI code has several paths where the struct pci_host_bridge is freed directly. This is wrong because it contains a struct device which is refcounted and should be freed using put_device(). This can result in use-after-free errors. I think this problem has existed since 2012 with commit 7b54366 ("PCI: add generic device into pci_host_bridge struct"). It generally hasn't mattered as most host bridge drivers are still built-in and can't unbind. The problem is a struct device should never be freed directly once device_initialize() is called and a ref is held, but that doesn't happen until pci_register_host_bridge(). There's then a window between allocating the host bridge and pci_register_host_bridge() where kfree should be used. This is fragile and requires callers to do the right thing. To fix this, we need to split device_register() into device_initialize() and device_add() calls, so that the host bridge struct is always freed by using a put_device(). devm_pci_alloc_host_bridge() is using devm_kzalloc() to allocate struct pci_host_bridge which will be freed directly. Instead, we can use a custom devres action to call put_device(). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Reported-by: Anders Roxell <[email protected]> Tested-by: Anders Roxell <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <[email protected]> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
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drivers/pci/probe.c

Lines changed: 19 additions & 17 deletions
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@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static struct pci_bus *pci_alloc_bus(struct pci_bus *parent)
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return b;
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}
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static void devm_pci_release_host_bridge_dev(struct device *dev)
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static void pci_release_host_bridge_dev(struct device *dev)
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{
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struct pci_host_bridge *bridge = to_pci_host_bridge(dev);
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@@ -574,12 +574,7 @@ static void devm_pci_release_host_bridge_dev(struct device *dev)
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pci_free_resource_list(&bridge->windows);
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pci_free_resource_list(&bridge->dma_ranges);
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}
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static void pci_release_host_bridge_dev(struct device *dev)
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{
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devm_pci_release_host_bridge_dev(dev);
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kfree(to_pci_host_bridge(dev));
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kfree(bridge);
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}
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static void pci_init_host_bridge(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge)
@@ -599,6 +594,8 @@ static void pci_init_host_bridge(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge)
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bridge->native_pme = 1;
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bridge->native_ltr = 1;
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bridge->native_dpc = 1;
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device_initialize(&bridge->dev);
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}
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struct pci_host_bridge *pci_alloc_host_bridge(size_t priv)
@@ -616,28 +613,33 @@ struct pci_host_bridge *pci_alloc_host_bridge(size_t priv)
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_alloc_host_bridge);
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static void devm_pci_alloc_host_bridge_release(void *data)
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{
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pci_free_host_bridge(data);
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}
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struct pci_host_bridge *devm_pci_alloc_host_bridge(struct device *dev,
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size_t priv)
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{
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int ret;
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struct pci_host_bridge *bridge;
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bridge = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*bridge) + priv, GFP_KERNEL);
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bridge = pci_alloc_host_bridge(priv);
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if (!bridge)
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return NULL;
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pci_init_host_bridge(bridge);
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bridge->dev.release = devm_pci_release_host_bridge_dev;
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ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, devm_pci_alloc_host_bridge_release,
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bridge);
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if (ret)
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return NULL;
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return bridge;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_pci_alloc_host_bridge);
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void pci_free_host_bridge(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge)
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{
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pci_free_resource_list(&bridge->windows);
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pci_free_resource_list(&bridge->dma_ranges);
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kfree(bridge);
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put_device(&bridge->dev);
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_free_host_bridge);
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@@ -908,7 +910,7 @@ static int pci_register_host_bridge(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge)
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if (err)
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goto free;
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err = device_register(&bridge->dev);
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err = device_add(&bridge->dev);
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if (err) {
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put_device(&bridge->dev);
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goto free;
@@ -978,7 +980,7 @@ static int pci_register_host_bridge(struct pci_host_bridge *bridge)
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unregister:
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put_device(&bridge->dev);
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device_unregister(&bridge->dev);
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device_del(&bridge->dev);
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free:
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kfree(bus);
@@ -2953,7 +2955,7 @@ struct pci_bus *pci_create_root_bus(struct device *parent, int bus,
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return bridge->bus;
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err_out:
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kfree(bridge);
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put_device(&bridge->dev);
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return NULL;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_create_root_bus);

drivers/pci/remove.c

Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
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@@ -160,6 +160,6 @@ void pci_remove_root_bus(struct pci_bus *bus)
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host_bridge->bus = NULL;
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/* remove the host bridge */
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device_unregister(&host_bridge->dev);
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device_del(&host_bridge->dev);
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_remove_root_bus);

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