If ec_device_probe() fails, cros_ec_class_release releases memory for the
cros_ec_dev structure. However, because the drvdata was already set,
sub-drivers like cros_ec_typec can still retrieve the stale pointer via the
platform device. This leads to a use-after-free when cros_ec_typec attempts
to access &typec->ec->ec->dev on a device that has already been released.
Move dev_set_drvdata() to ensure that the pointer is only made available
once all initialization steps have succeeded.
sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/class/chromeos/cros_ec'
Call trace:
sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x94/0xdc
sysfs_create_link+0x30/0x44
device_add_class_symlinks+0x90/0x13c
device_add+0xf0/0x50c
ec_device_probe+0x150/0x4f0
platform_probe+0xa0/0xe0
...
BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in __memcpy+0x44/0x230
Write at addr
f5ffff809e2d33ac by task kworker/u32:5/125
Pointer tag: [f5], memory tag: [fe]
Tainted : [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: Google Navi unprovisioned 0x7FFFFFFF/sku0 board/sku3
Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
Call trace:
__memcpy+0x44/0x230
cros_ec_check_features+0x60/0xcc [cros_ec_proto]
cros_typec_probe+0xe8/0x6e0 [cros_ec_typec]
platform_probe+0xa0/0xe0
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1c1d152cc5ac ("platform/chrome: cros_ec_dev - utilize new cdev_device_add helper function")
Co-developed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Kuchynski <akuchynski@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427131721.1165078-1-akuchynski@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
if (!ec)
return retval;
- dev_set_drvdata(dev, ec);
ec->ec_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
ec->dev = dev;
ec->cmd_offset = ec_platform->cmd_offset;
if (retval)
goto failed;
+ dev_set_drvdata(dev, ec);
+
/* check whether this EC is a sensor hub. */
if (cros_ec_get_sensor_count(ec) > 0) {
retval = mfd_add_hotplug_devices(ec->dev,