rtc: 88pm860x: prevent use-after-free on device remove
authorSven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:36:35 +0000 (14:36 -0400)
committerAlexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:53:43 +0000 (15:53 +0200)
commitf22b1ba15ee5785aa028384ebf77dd39e8e47b70
treeed816fd34c724e615170513394ff39fe0faf4b10
parent527bd754d1ffc4bbd89a33c643e74c53d713eb4e
rtc: 88pm860x: prevent use-after-free on device remove

The device's remove() attempts to shut down the delayed_work scheduled
on the kernel-global workqueue by calling flush_scheduled_work().

Unfortunately, flush_scheduled_work() does not prevent the delayed_work
from re-scheduling itself. The delayed_work might run after the device
has been removed, and touch the already de-allocated info structure.
This is a potential use-after-free.

Fix by calling cancel_delayed_work_sync() during remove(): this ensures
that the delayed work is properly cancelled, is no longer running, and
is not able to re-schedule itself.

This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
drivers/rtc/rtc-88pm860x.c