platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Fix chardev resource management

When unbinding the WMI driver while a userspace application has
an open file descriptor for the character device, a UAF occurs:

KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _copy_to_user from platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi

The reason for this is that even after calling misc_deregister(),
userspace appications can still call read() and/or ioctl() on open
file descriptors associated with the already unregistered character
device. This causes a UAF by attempting to access the already freed
state container of the WMI driver.

Fix this by no longer storing the state container inside
filp->private_data. Instead retrieve the state container using
get_first_smbios_priv() and return -ENODEV if the state container
does not exist anymore.

Reported-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/178144969601.60470.13396800403157907003@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260720131921.368000-2-W_Armin@gmx.de
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Armin Wolf 2026-07-20 15:19:19 +02:00 committed by Ilpo Järvinen
parent 29412292e4
commit 41427211f6
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG Key ID: 59AC4F6153E5CE31

View File

@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/dmi.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
@ -13,14 +14,13 @@
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/wmi.h>
#include <uapi/linux/wmi.h>
#include "dell-smbios.h"
#include "dell-wmi-descriptor.h"
static DEFINE_MUTEX(call_mutex);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(list_mutex);
static int wmi_supported;
struct misc_bios_flags_structure {
@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct misc_bios_flags_structure {
#define DELL_WMI_SMBIOS_GUID "A80593CE-A997-11DA-B012-B622A1EF5492"
struct wmi_smbios_priv {
struct mutex call_lock; /* Protects the content of the SMBIOS buffer */
struct dell_wmi_smbios_buffer *buf;
struct list_head list;
struct wmi_device *wdev;
@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ struct wmi_smbios_priv {
u64 req_buf_size;
struct miscdevice char_dev;
};
static DECLARE_RWSEM(list_lock); /* Protects access to wmi_list */
static LIST_HEAD(wmi_list);
static inline struct wmi_smbios_priv *get_first_smbios_priv(void)
@ -87,40 +90,35 @@ static int dell_smbios_wmi_call(struct calling_interface_buffer *buffer)
size_t size;
int ret;
mutex_lock(&call_mutex);
guard(rwsem_read)(&list_lock);
priv = get_first_smbios_priv();
if (!priv) {
ret = -ENODEV;
goto out_wmi_call;
}
if (!priv)
return -ENODEV;
size = sizeof(struct calling_interface_buffer);
difference = priv->req_buf_size - sizeof(u64) - size;
guard(mutex)(&priv->call_lock);
memset(&priv->buf->ext, 0, difference);
memcpy(&priv->buf->std, buffer, size);
ret = run_smbios_call(priv->wdev);
memcpy(buffer, &priv->buf->std, size);
out_wmi_call:
mutex_unlock(&call_mutex);
return ret;
}
static int dell_smbios_wmi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct wmi_smbios_priv *priv;
priv = container_of(filp->private_data, struct wmi_smbios_priv, char_dev);
filp->private_data = priv;
return nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
}
static ssize_t dell_smbios_wmi_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer, size_t length,
loff_t *offset)
{
struct wmi_smbios_priv *priv = filp->private_data;
struct wmi_smbios_priv *priv;
guard(rwsem_read)(&list_lock);
priv = get_first_smbios_priv();
if (!priv)
return -ENODEV;
return simple_read_from_buffer(buffer, length, offset, &priv->req_buf_size,
sizeof(priv->req_buf_size));
@ -167,22 +165,24 @@ static long dell_smbios_wmi_do_ioctl(struct wmi_smbios_priv *priv,
static long dell_smbios_wmi_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
struct dell_wmi_smbios_buffer __user *input = (struct dell_wmi_smbios_buffer __user *)arg;
struct wmi_smbios_priv *priv = filp->private_data;
long ret;
struct wmi_smbios_priv *priv;
if (cmd != DELL_WMI_SMBIOS_CMD)
return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
mutex_lock(&call_mutex);
ret = dell_smbios_wmi_do_ioctl(priv, input);
mutex_unlock(&call_mutex);
guard(rwsem_read)(&list_lock);
return ret;
priv = get_first_smbios_priv();
if (!priv)
return -ENODEV;
guard(mutex)(&priv->call_lock);
return dell_smbios_wmi_do_ioctl(priv, input);
}
static const struct file_operations dell_smbios_wmi_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = dell_smbios_wmi_open,
.read = dell_smbios_wmi_read,
.unlocked_ioctl = dell_smbios_wmi_ioctl,
.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,
@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ static int dell_smbios_wmi_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev, const void *context)
if (!priv->buf)
return -ENOMEM;
ret = devm_mutex_init(&wdev->dev, &priv->call_lock);
if (ret)
return ret;
ret = dell_smbios_wmi_register_chardev(priv);
if (ret)
return ret;
@ -262,9 +266,8 @@ static int dell_smbios_wmi_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev, const void *context)
if (ret)
return ret;
mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
guard(rwsem_write)(&list_lock);
list_add_tail(&priv->list, &wmi_list);
mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
return 0;
}
@ -273,12 +276,10 @@ static void dell_smbios_wmi_remove(struct wmi_device *wdev)
{
struct wmi_smbios_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(&wdev->dev);
mutex_lock(&call_mutex);
mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
list_del(&priv->list);
mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
dell_smbios_unregister_device(&wdev->dev);
mutex_unlock(&call_mutex);
guard(rwsem_write)(&list_lock);
list_del(&priv->list);
}
static const struct wmi_device_id dell_smbios_wmi_id_table[] = {