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authorShivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>2026-08-22 19:22:05 +0000
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dmaengine: fix use-after-free in dma_chan_put() and dma_release_channel()grafted
When dma_device_put() drops the last reference on chan->device->ref, dma_device_release() runs and may free the dma_device along with its channels. dma_chan_put() then still reads chan->device->owner via dma_chan_to_owner() for the trailing module_put(). KASAN catches it: slab-use-after-free in dma_chan_put+0x3e6/0x4c0 Read of size 8 by task insmod/6319 Freed by task 6319: kfree+0x225/0x470 dma_chan_put+0x395/0x4c0 dmaengine_put+0xf8/0x160 Cache the module owner in dma_chan_put() before the put so the trailing module_put() does not need chan->device. Fixes: 8ad342a86359 ("dmaengine: Add reference counting to dma_device struct") Suggested-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org> Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260518-dmaengine-kref-fix-v1-1-4d6125048fb7@amd.com Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com> Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260822-dmaengine-kref-fix-v5-3-d4a4ee47d927@amd.com Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
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+Driver Basics
+=============
+
+Driver Entry and Exit points
+----------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/module.h
+ :internal:
+
+Driver device table
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+ :internal:
+ :no-identifiers: pci_device_id
+
+
+Delaying and scheduling routines
+--------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/sched.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/core.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/cpupri.c
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/fair.c
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/completion.h
+ :internal:
+
+Time and timer routines
+-----------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/jiffies.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/time/time.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/time/timer.c
+ :export:
+
+High-resolution timers
+----------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ktime.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/hrtimer.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+ :export:
+
+Wait queues and Wake events
+---------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/wait.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/wait.c
+ :export:
+
+Internal Functions
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/exit.c
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/signal.c
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kthread.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/kthread.c
+ :export:
+
+Reference counting
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/refcount.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/refcount.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/percpu-refcount.c
+
+Atomics
+-------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h
+ :internal:
+
+Kernel objects manipulation
+---------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/kobject.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/kobject_uevent.c
+ :export:
+
+Kernel utility functions
+------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/array_size.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/container_of.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kstrtox.h
+ :internal:
+ :no-identifiers: kstrtol kstrtoul
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/stddef.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/util_macros.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/wordpart.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/printk/printk.c
+ :export:
+ :no-identifiers: printk
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/panic.c
+ :export:
+
+Device Resource Management
+--------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/devres.c
+ :export:
+