pwrseq: core: fix use-after-free in pwrseq_debugfs_seq_next()

pwrseq_debugfs_seq_next() declares 'next' with __free(put_device),
which causes put_device() to be called on the returned pointer when
the variable goes out of scope.  This results in a use-after-free
since the seq_file framework receives a pointer whose reference has
already been dropped.

Simply removing __free(put_device) would fix the UAF but would leak
the reference acquired by bus_find_next_device(), as stop() only
calls up_read(&pwrseq_sem) and never releases the device reference.

Fix this by making the reference counting consistent across all
seq_file callbacks, matching the standard pattern used by PCI and
SCSI:

- start(): use get_device() so it returns a referenced pointer.
- next(): explicitly put_device(curr) to release the previous
  device's reference (no NULL check needed - the seq_file framework
  only calls next() while the previous return was non-NULL).
- stop(): put_device(data) to release the last iterated device's
  reference, with a NULL guard since stop() may be called with NULL
  when start() returned NULL or next() reached end-of-sequence.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 249ebf3f65 ("power: sequencing: implement the pwrseq core")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260616151049.1705503-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>
This commit is contained in:
Wentao Liang
2026-06-16 15:10:49 +00:00
committed by Bartosz Golaszewski
parent 31e6aeafcd
commit 257595adf9

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@@ -1012,8 +1012,9 @@ static void *pwrseq_debugfs_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
ctx.index = *pos;
/*
* We're holding the lock for the entire printout so no need to fiddle
* with device reference count.
* Hold the lock for the entire printout to prevent device removal.
* Reference counts are managed by start()/next()/stop() as required
* by the seq_file contract.
*/
down_read(&pwrseq_sem);
@@ -1021,7 +1022,7 @@ static void *pwrseq_debugfs_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
if (!ctx.index)
return NULL;
return ctx.dev;
return get_device(ctx.dev);
}
static void *pwrseq_debugfs_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *data,
@@ -1031,8 +1032,9 @@ static void *pwrseq_debugfs_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *data,
++*pos;
struct device *next __free(put_device) =
bus_find_next_device(&pwrseq_bus, curr);
struct device *next = bus_find_next_device(&pwrseq_bus, curr);
put_device(curr);
return next;
}
@@ -1081,6 +1083,8 @@ static int pwrseq_debugfs_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *data)
static void pwrseq_debugfs_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *data)
{
if (data)
put_device(data);
up_read(&pwrseq_sem);
}