RE: [PATCH 10/10] mei: bus: Check for still connected devices in mei_cl_bus_dev_release()
From: Usyskin, Alexander
Date: Wed Jun 25 2025 - 06:27:15 EST
> Subject: [PATCH 10/10] mei: bus: Check for still connected devices in
> mei_cl_bus_dev_release()
>
> mei_cl_bus_dev_release() also frees the mei-client (struct mei_cl)
> belonging to the device being released.
>
> If there are bugs like the just fixed bug in the ACE/CSI2 mei drivers,
> the mei-client being freed might still be part of the mei_device's
> file_list and iterating over this list after the freeing will then trigger
> a use-afer-free bug.
>
> Add a check to mei_cl_bus_dev_release() to make sure that the to-be-freed
> mei-client is not on the mei_device's file_list.
>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hansg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/mei/bus.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
> index 67176caf5416..1958c043ac14 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
> @@ -1301,10 +1301,16 @@ static void mei_dev_bus_put(struct mei_device
> *bus)
> static void mei_cl_bus_dev_release(struct device *dev)
> {
> struct mei_cl_device *cldev = to_mei_cl_device(dev);
> + struct mei_device *mdev = cldev->cl->dev;
> + struct mei_cl *cl;
>
> mei_cl_flush_queues(cldev->cl, NULL);
> mei_me_cl_put(cldev->me_cl);
> mei_dev_bus_put(cldev->bus);
> +
> + list_for_each_entry(cl, &mdev->file_list, link)
> + WARN_ON(cl == cldev->cl);
> +
> kfree(cldev->cl);
> kfree(cldev);
> }
> --
> 2.49.0