drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
The userspace governor is the only one that uses devfreq->governor_data,
allocated in its DEVFREQ_GOV_START handler (userspace_init()) and freed
in its DEVFREQ_GOV_STOP handler (userspace_exit()).
When switching governors via sysfs (governor_store in devfreq.c), the
sequence is:
STOP(old) -> df->governor = userspace -> START(userspace) -> userspace_init
Between the df->governor assignment and userspace_init() completing,
governor_data is still NULL (the previous governor never touched it,
and the core does not clear or pre-allocate it). During that window,
asynchronous paths that call update_devfreq() outside of the driver's
control -- the OPP notifier (devfreq.c:686) and the pm_qos notifier
(devfreq.c:707) -- run devfreq_update_target() under df->lock and reach
devfreq_userspace_func(), which dereferences governor_data without a
NULL check, causing:
Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines
pc : devfreq_userspace_func+0xc/0x28
lr : devfreq_update_target+0x58/0x158
Add a NULL check in devfreq_userspace_func() and fall back to
previous_freq, which is the same behaviour as the existing "no user
frequency specified yet" branch. This closes the race for all callers
since every path ultimately goes through get_target_freq.
Additionally, take devfreq->lock around the kfree()/NULL assignment in
userspace_exit(). Without it, a concurrent OPP/pm_qos notifier running
under devfreq->lock could read governor_data after it is freed but
before it is set to NULL, constituting a use-after-free.
Signed-off-by: Finley Xiao <finley.xiao@rock-chips.com>
---
drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
index 3906ebedbae8..f7a485c43fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static int devfreq_userspace_func(struct devfreq *df, unsigned long *freq)
{
struct userspace_data *data = df->governor_data;
- if (data->valid)
+ if (data && data->valid)
*freq = data->user_frequency;
else
*freq = df->previous_freq; /* No user freq specified yet */
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ static void userspace_exit(struct devfreq *devfreq)
if (devfreq->dev.kobj.sd)
sysfs_remove_group(&devfreq->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_group);
+ mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
kfree(devfreq->governor_data);
devfreq->governor_data = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
}
static int devfreq_userspace_handler(struct devfreq *devfreq,
--
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