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authorFedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>2026-08-31 10:58:09 +0300
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thunderbolt: Fix NULL dereference in tb_remove_work()grafted
There is a slight race between tb_remove_work() and tb_domain_remove() which leads to dereferencing a NULL tb->root_switch pointer inside tb_free_unplugged_xdomains(): Thread A Thread B tb_remove_work() tb_domain_remove() mutex_lock(&tb->lock) tb_stop() /* doesn't cancel a running callback */ cancel_delayed_work(&tcm->remove_work) ... tb_switch_remove(tb->root_switch) tb->root_switch = NULL mutex_unlock(&tb->lock) mutex_lock(&tb->lock) ... /* without checking ->root_switch */ tb_free_unplugged_xdomains(tb->root_switch) mutex_unlock(&tb->lock) Commit a8937f35cf39 ("thunderbolt: Remove XDomain from the bus without holding tb->lock") doesn't seem right to move tb_free_unplugged_xdomains() out of the &tb->lock section and the check for tb->root_switch, in particular. It states: For this reason separate removing the XDomain from the topology data structures (where we need the lock) from unregistering the device from the bus (where remove callbacks of the drivers are being called). tb_free_unplugged_xdomains() belongs to the former group of functions requiring the lock. And it also calls tb_xdomain_remove() which should only be called with &tb->lock held. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace static analysis tool. Fixes: a8937f35cf39 ("thunderbolt: Remove XDomain from the bus without holding tb->lock") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
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+===========================================
+Firewire (IEEE 1394) driver Interface Guide
+===========================================
+
+Introduction and Overview
+=========================
+
+The Linux FireWire subsystem adds some interfaces into the Linux system to
+ use/maintain+any resource on IEEE 1394 bus.
+
+The main purpose of these interfaces is to access address space on each node
+on IEEE 1394 bus by ISO/IEC 13213 (IEEE 1212) procedure, and to control
+isochronous resources on the bus by IEEE 1394 procedure.
+
+Two types of interfaces are added, according to consumers of the interface. A
+set of userspace interfaces is available via `firewire character devices`. A set
+of kernel interfaces is available via exported symbols in `firewire-core` module.
+
+Firewire char device data structures
+====================================
+
+.. include:: ../ABI/stable/firewire-cdev
+ :literal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/firewire-cdev.h
+ :internal:
+
+Firewire device probing and sysfs interfaces
+============================================
+
+.. include:: ../ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-firewire
+ :literal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/firewire/core-device.c
+ :export:
+
+Firewire core transaction interfaces
+====================================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
+ :export:
+
+Firewire Isochronous I/O interfaces
+===================================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/firewire.h
+ :functions: fw_iso_context_schedule_flush_completions
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/firewire/core-iso.c
+ :export:
+