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linux/drivers/base/firmware_loader
Mukesh Ojha b48373c901 firmware_loader: do not queue completed sysfs fallback requests
fw_load_sysfs_fallback() calls device_add() before adding the fw_priv to
pending_fw_head. device_add() publishes the fallback loading interface, so
a userspace helper which discovers the device by scanning sysfs can write 0
to the loading attribute and complete the request before it is queued as
pending.

In that interleaving firmware_loading_store() calls fw_state_done() while
pending_list still points to itself, so it cannot remove an entry from
pending_fw_head. The subsequent unconditional list_add() then queues an
already-completed fw_priv. Once the request is released, pending_fw_head
can retain a pointer to freed memory and the next fallback request can
fault while validating the list.

Only in-flight fallback requests need suspend or reboot abort handling. If
the request is already DONE after device_add(), return success from the
fallback path without sending another uevent, waiting again, or queueing it
as pending. This preserves the invariant that pending_fw_head contains only
active fallback requests.

Fixes: 75d95e2e39 ("firmware_loader: fix use-after-free in firmware_fallback_sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260716081601.1674470-1-mukesh.ojha@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
2026-08-06 23:38:16 +02:00
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