Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_`
variant for allocating/registering the `power_supply` handle, means that
the `power_supply` handle will be deallocated/unregistered _before_ the
interrupt handler (since `devm_` naturally deallocates in reverse
allocation order). This means that during removal, there is a race
condition where an interrupt can fire just _after_ the `power_supply`
handle has been freed, *but* just _before_ the corresponding
unregistration of the IRQ handler has run.
This will lead to the IRQ handler calling `power_supply_changed()` with
a freed `power_supply` handle. Which usually crashes the system or
otherwise silently corrupts the memory...
Note that there is a similar situation which can also happen during
`probe()`; the possibility of an interrupt firing _before_ registering
the `power_supply` handle. This would then lead to the nasty situation
of using the `power_supply` handle *uninitialized* in
`power_supply_changed()`.
Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_
the registration of the `power_supply` handle.
Fixes: a09209acd6a8 ("power: supply: act8945a_charger: Add status change update support")
Signed-off-by: Waqar Hameed <waqar.hameed@axis.com>
---
drivers/power/supply/act8945a_charger.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/act8945a_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/act8945a_charger.c
index 3901a02f326a5..9dec4486b1439 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/act8945a_charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/act8945a_charger.c
@@ -597,14 +597,6 @@ static int act8945a_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return irq ?: -ENXIO;
}
- ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, act8945a_status_changed,
- IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING, "act8945a_interrupt",
- charger);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to request nIRQ pin IRQ\n");
- return ret;
- }
-
charger->desc.name = "act8945a-charger";
charger->desc.get_property = act8945a_charger_get_property;
charger->desc.properties = act8945a_charger_props;
@@ -625,6 +617,14 @@ static int act8945a_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return PTR_ERR(charger->psy);
}
+ ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, act8945a_status_changed,
+ IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING, "act8945a_interrupt",
+ charger);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to request nIRQ pin IRQ\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, charger);
INIT_WORK(&charger->work, act8945a_work);
--
2.39.5