linux/drivers/dpll
Jakub Kicinski d798162eb3 dpll: reject a reference sync pin which is not on the pin's dpll
dpll_pin_ref_sync_state_set() resolves the partner's driver private data
with dpll_pin_on_dpll_priv() and passes the result to ref_sync_get() and
ref_sync_set() without looking at it. The helper returns NULL when the
partner holds no ref on that dpll. Of the two drivers implementing the
feature only zl3073x dereferences the pointer (sync_pin->id); ice ignores
it, so ice cannot fault here.

The NULL is a teardown race, not a steady state - zl3073x registers every
input pin with every channel, so the partner is normally present on the
dpll the base pin resolves to. zl3073x_dev_stop() unregisters pins one at
a time, taking and dropping dpll_lock for each, and between the partner's
turn and the base pin's the partner is out of that dpll's pin_refs while
still registered with the channels not yet torn down, so
dpll_pin_available() keeps passing. That path is not only driver removal:
devlink reload and devlink dev flash both run zl3073x_dev_stop().

Reproduced by holding that state open with a mock dpll device, which is
where the frame name comes from:

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
 RIP: 0010:mock_ref_sync_get+0x5/0x30
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  dpll_pin_ref_sync_set+0x19f/0x4a0
  dpll_nl_pin_set_doit+0x17d/0x840
  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xd6/0x130
  genl_rcv_msg+0x181/0x2b0
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x55/0x100
  genl_rcv+0x23/0x30
  netlink_unicast+0x24d/0x370
  netlink_sendmsg+0x1e2/0x420
  __sys_sendto+0x1db/0x1f0
  __x64_sys_sendto+0x1f/0x30
  do_syscall_64+0xe1/0x490

Commit d2e914a4a0 ("dpll: fix NULL pointer dereference in
dpll_msg_add_pin_ref_sync()") added the same guard to the read side, which
the kernel walks into by itself because the delete notification is emitted
from inside the unregister; the write side needs a pin-set to land in the
window and was left alone. Test the priv rather than look up pin_refs
directly, so that the two halves key off the same condition.

Fixes: 58256a26bf ("dpll: add reference sync get/set")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260915213047.1352286-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2026-09-17 14:51:23 +02:00
..
zl3073x dpll: zl3073x: add PTP clock support 2026-08-18 09:40:06 -07:00
dpll_core.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2026-08-18 10:42:41 -07:00
dpll_core.h dpll: use pin owner's dpll ref for pin-level attribute reporting 2026-07-24 16:15:19 -07:00
dpll_netlink.c dpll: reject a reference sync pin which is not on the pin's dpll 2026-09-17 14:51:23 +02:00
dpll_netlink.h dpll: extend pin notifier with notification source ID 2026-06-13 13:24:34 -07:00
dpll_nl.c dpll: add DPLL_PIN_TYPE_INT_NCO pin type 2026-07-06 14:45:05 +02:00
dpll_nl.h dpll: add pin operational state 2026-04-30 16:21:49 +02:00
Kconfig dpll: Add reference count tracking support 2026-02-05 15:57:46 +01:00
Makefile dpll: Add basic Microchip ZL3073x support 2025-07-09 19:08:52 -07:00