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, 173 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-fix1.c b/samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-fix1.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbf68ca40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/livepatch/livepatch-shadow-fix1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+/*
+ * livepatch-shadow-fix1.c - Shadow variables, livepatch demo
+ *
+ * Purpose
+ * -------
+ *
+ * Fixes the memory leak introduced in livepatch-shadow-mod through the
+ * use of a shadow variable.  This fix demonstrates the "extending" of
+ * short-lived data structures by patching its allocation and release
+ * functions.
+ *
+ *
+ * Usage
+ * -----
+ *
+ * This module is not intended to be standalone.  See the "Usage"
+ * section of livepatch-shadow-mod.c.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/livepatch.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+/* Shadow variable enums */
+#define SV_LEAK		1
+
+/* Allocate new dummies every second */
+#define ALLOC_PERIOD	1
+/* Check for expired dummies after a few new ones have been allocated */
+#define CLEANUP_PERIOD	(3 * ALLOC_PERIOD)
+/* Dummies expire after a few cleanup instances */
+#define EXPIRE_PERIOD	(4 * CLEANUP_PERIOD)
+
+struct dummy {
+	struct list_head list;
+	unsigned long jiffies_expire;
+};
+
+/*
+ * The constructor makes more sense together with klp_shadow_get_or_alloc().
+ * In this example, it would be safe to assign the pointer also to the shadow
+ * variable returned by klp_shadow_alloc().  But we wanted to show the more
+ * complicated use of the API.
+ */
+static int shadow_leak_ctor(void *obj, void *shadow_data, void *ctor_data)
+{
+	int **shadow_leak = shadow_data;
+	int **leak = ctor_data;
+
+	if (!ctor_data)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*shadow_leak = *leak;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct dummy *livepatch_fix1_dummy_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct dummy *d;
+	int *leak;
+	int **shadow_leak;
+
+	d = kzalloc(sizeof(*d), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!d)
+		return NULL;
+
+	d->jiffies_expire = jiffies + secs_to_jiffies(EXPIRE_PERIOD);
+
+	/*
+	 * Patch: save the extra memory location into a SV_LEAK shadow
+	 * variable.  A patched dummy_free routine can later fetch this
+	 * pointer to handle resource release.
+	 */
+	leak = kzalloc(sizeof(*leak), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!leak)
+		goto err_leak;
+
+	shadow_leak = klp_shadow_alloc(d, SV_LEAK, sizeof(leak), GFP_KERNEL,
+				       shadow_leak_ctor, &leak);
+	if (!shadow_leak) {
+		pr_err("%s: failed to allocate shadow variable for the leaking pointer: dummy @ %p, leak @ %p\n",
+		       __func__, d, leak);
+		goto err_shadow;
+	}
+
+	pr_info("%s: dummy @ %p, expires @ %lx\n",
+		__func__, d, d->jiffies_expire);
+
+	return d;
+
+err_shadow:
+	kfree(leak);
+err_leak:
+	kfree(d);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void livepatch_fix1_dummy_leak_dtor(void *obj, void *shadow_data)
+{
+	void *d = obj;
+	int **shadow_leak = shadow_data;
+
+	pr_info("%s: dummy @ %p, prevented leak @ %p\n",
+			 __func__, d, *shadow_leak);
+	kfree(*shadow_leak);
+}
+
+static void livepatch_fix1_dummy_free(struct dummy *d)
+{
+	int **shadow_leak;
+
+	/*
+	 * Patch: fetch the saved SV_LEAK shadow variable, detach and
+	 * free it.  Note: handle cases where this shadow variable does
+	 * not exist (ie, dummy structures allocated before this livepatch
+	 * was loaded.)
+	 */
+	shadow_leak = klp_shadow_get(d, SV_LEAK);
+	if (shadow_leak)
+		klp_shadow_free(d, SV_LEAK, livepatch_fix1_dummy_leak_dtor);
+	else
+		pr_info("%s: dummy @ %p leaked!\n", __func__, d);
+
+	kfree(d);
+}
+
+static struct klp_func funcs[] = {
+	{
+		.old_name = "dummy_alloc",
+		.new_func = livepatch_fix1_dummy_alloc,
+	},
+	{
+		.old_name = "dummy_free",
+		.new_func = livepatch_fix1_dummy_free,
+	}, { }
+};
+
+static struct klp_object objs[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "livepatch_shadow_mod",
+		.funcs = funcs,
+	}, { }
+};
+
+static struct klp_patch patch = {
+	.mod = THIS_MODULE,
+	.objs = objs,
+};
+
+static int livepatch_shadow_fix1_init(void)
+{
+	return klp_enable_patch(&patch);
+}
+
+static void livepatch_shadow_fix1_exit(void)
+{
+	/* Cleanup any existing SV_LEAK shadow variables */
+	klp_shadow_free_all(SV_LEAK, livepatch_fix1_dummy_leak_dtor);
+}
+
+module_init(livepatch_shadow_fix1_init);
+module_exit(livepatch_shadow_fix1_exit);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Live patching demo for shadow variables");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_INFO(livepatch, "Y");