char: tlclk: fix use-after-free in tlclk_cleanup()

This patch improves the module cleanup process in the tlclk driver to
prevent potential use-after-free and race conditions.

Currently, the file_operations structure does not specify the .owner
field, which could allow the module to be unloaded while user-space
processes are still interacting with the device. Additionally, the
tlclk_cleanup() function frees the alarm_events memory before ensuring
that blocked processes in the waitqueue are fully awakened and that the
switchover_timer has completed.

To address these cases, this patch:
- Sets '.owner = THIS_MODULE' in tlclk_fops to safely defer module
  unloading while the device is in use.
- Updates tlclk_cleanup() to explicitly wake up all blocked readers
  (wake_up_all), properly release hardware I/O regions, and safely
  delete the timer (timer_delete_sync) prior to freeing memory.

Fixes: 1a80ba8827 ("[PATCH] Telecom Clock Driver for MPCBL0010 ATCA computer blade")
Signed-off-by: James Kim <james010kim@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260503101131.64219-1-james010kim@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
James Kim
2026-05-03 19:11:31 +09:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 314e01d7f6
commit bbf003b779

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@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ static ssize_t tlclk_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
}
static const struct file_operations tlclk_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.read = tlclk_read,
.open = tlclk_open,
.release = tlclk_release,
@@ -837,6 +838,9 @@ static void __exit tlclk_cleanup(void)
misc_deregister(&tlclk_miscdev);
unregister_chrdev(tlclk_major, "telco_clock");
got_event = 1;
wake_up_all(&wq);
release_region(TLCLK_BASE, 8);
timer_delete_sync(&switchover_timer);
kfree(alarm_events);