Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 8 Dec 2020 20:52:34 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver: core: Fix list corruption after device_del() |
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On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:03:26PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > The device_links_purge() function (called from device_del()) tries to > remove the links.needs_suppliers list entry, but it's using > list_del(), hence it doesn't initialize after the removal. This is OK > for normal cases where device_del() is called via device_destroy(). > However, it's not guaranteed that the device object will be really > deleted soon after device_del(). In a minor case like HD-audio codec > reconfiguration that re-initializes the device after device_del(), it > may lead to a crash by the corrupted list entry. > > As a simple fix, replace list_del() with list_del_init() in order to > make the list intact after the device_del() call. > > Fixes: e2ae9bcc4aaa ("driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition") > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> > BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209207 > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> > --- > drivers/base/core.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c > index d661ada1518f..e8cb66093f21 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/core.c > +++ b/drivers/base/core.c > @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ static void device_links_purge(struct device *dev) > return; > > mutex_lock(&wfs_lock); > - list_del(&dev->links.needs_suppliers); > + list_del_init(&dev->links.needs_suppliers); > mutex_unlock(&wfs_lock);
Can this wait until 5.11-rc1 and then get backported, as it has been around for a while, or are you hitting this on 5.10-rc7 now and need this for 5.10-final?
thanks,
greg k-h
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