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>

1 files changed, 87 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..121bd29d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ktimer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * pps-ktimer.c -- kernel timer test client
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006   Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
+
+/*
+ * Global variables
+ */
+
+static struct pps_device *pps;
+static struct timer_list ktimer;
+
+/*
+ * The kernel timer
+ */
+
+static void pps_ktimer_event(struct timer_list *unused)
+{
+	struct pps_event_time ts;
+
+	/* First of all we get the time stamp... */
+	pps_get_ts(&ts);
+
+	pps_event(pps, &ts, PPS_CAPTUREASSERT, NULL);
+
+	mod_timer(&ktimer, jiffies + HZ);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The PPS info struct
+ */
+
+static struct pps_source_info pps_ktimer_info = {
+	.name		= "ktimer",
+	.path		= "",
+	.mode		= PPS_CAPTUREASSERT | PPS_OFFSETASSERT |
+			  PPS_ECHOASSERT |
+			  PPS_CANWAIT | PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC,
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Module staff
+ */
+
+static void __exit pps_ktimer_exit(void)
+{
+	dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source unregistered\n");
+
+	timer_delete_sync(&ktimer);
+	pps_unregister_source(pps);
+}
+
+static int __init pps_ktimer_init(void)
+{
+	pps = pps_register_source(&pps_ktimer_info,
+				PPS_CAPTUREASSERT | PPS_OFFSETASSERT);
+	if (IS_ERR(pps)) {
+		pr_err("cannot register PPS source\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(pps);
+	}
+
+	timer_setup(&ktimer, pps_ktimer_event, 0);
+	mod_timer(&ktimer, jiffies + HZ);
+
+	dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source registered\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(pps_ktimer_init);
+module_exit(pps_ktimer_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("dummy PPS source by using a kernel timer (just for debug)");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");