When sysfs_update_group() is called for a named group and create_files()
fails (e.g. -ENOMEM), internal_create_group() calls kernfs_remove(kn) on
the group directory. In the update path, kn was obtained via
kernfs_find_and_get() and refers to a directory that already existed
before this call. Removing it silently destroys a sysfs group that the
caller did not create.
Only remove the directory if we created it ourselves. On update failure
the directory remains as it is left empty by remove_files() inside
create_files(), but can be repopulated by a retry.
Cc: Rajat Jain <rajatja@google.com>
Fixes: c855cf2759 ("sysfs: Fix internal_create_group() for named group updates")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_t1000
Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2026052003-uniquely-hastily-c093@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Pull driver core fixes from Danilo Krummrich:
- Prevent a device from being probed before device_add() has finished
initializing it; gate probe with a "ready_to_probe" device flag to
avoid races with concurrent driver_register() calls
- Fix a kernel-doc warning for DEV_FLAG_COUNT introduced by the above
- Return -ENOTCONN from software_node_get_reference_args() when a
referenced software node is known but not yet registered, allowing
callers to defer probe
- In sysfs_group_attrs_change_owner(), also check is_visible_const();
missed when the const variant was introduced
* tag 'driver-core-7.1-rc1-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core:
driver core: Add kernel-doc for DEV_FLAG_COUNT enum value
sysfs: attribute_group: Respect is_visible_const() when changing owner
software node: return -ENOTCONN when referenced swnode is not registered yet
driver core: Don't let a device probe until it's ready
Pull driver core updates from Danilo Krummrich:
"debugfs:
- Fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs_create_str()
- Fix misplaced EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for debugfs_create_str()
- Fix soundwire debugfs NULL pointer dereference from uninitialized
firmware_file
device property:
- Make fwnode flags modifications thread safe; widen the field to
unsigned long and use set_bit() / clear_bit() based accessors
- Document how to check for the property presence
devres:
- Separate struct devres_node from its "subclasses" (struct devres,
struct devres_group); give struct devres_node its own release and
free callbacks for per-type dispatch
- Introduce struct devres_action for devres actions, avoiding the
ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN alignment overhead of struct devres
- Export struct devres_node and its init/add/remove/dbginfo
primitives for use by Rust Devres<T>
- Fix missing node debug info in devm_krealloc()
- Use guard(spinlock_irqsave) where applicable; consolidate unlock
paths in devres_release_group()
driver_override:
- Convert PCI, WMI, vdpa, s390/cio, s390/ap, and fsl-mc to the
generic driver_override infrastructure, replacing per-bus
driver_override strings, sysfs attributes, and match logic; fixes a
potential UAF from unsynchronized access to driver_override in bus
match() callbacks
- Simplify __device_set_driver_override() logic
kernfs:
- Send IN_DELETE_SELF and IN_IGNORED inotify events on kernfs file
and directory removal
- Add corresponding selftests for memcg
platform:
- Allow attaching software nodes when creating platform devices via a
new 'swnode' field in struct platform_device_info
- Add kerneldoc for struct platform_device_info
software node:
- Move software node initialization from postcore_initcall() to
driver_init(), making it available early in the boot process
- Move kernel_kobj initialization (ksysfs_init) earlier to support
the above
- Remove software_node_exit(); dead code in a built-in unit
SoC:
- Introduce of_machine_read_compatible() and of_machine_read_model()
OF helpers and export soc_attr_read_machine() to replace direct
accesses to of_root from SoC drivers; also enables
CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST coverage for these drivers
sysfs:
- Constify attribute group array pointers to
'const struct attribute_group *const *' in sysfs functions,
device_add_groups() / device_remove_groups(), and struct class
Rust:
- Devres:
- Embed struct devres_node directly in Devres<T> instead of going
through devm_add_action(), avoiding the extra allocation and the
unnecessary ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN alignment
- I/O:
- Turn IoCapable from a marker trait into a functional trait
carrying the raw I/O accessor implementation (io_read /
io_write), providing working defaults for the per-type Io
methods
- Add RelaxedMmio wrapper type, making relaxed accessors usable in
code generic over the Io trait
- Remove overloaded per-type Io methods and per-backend macros
from Mmio and PCI ConfigSpace
- I/O (Register):
- Add IoLoc trait and generic read/write/update methods to the Io
trait, making I/O operations parameterizable by typed locations
- Add register! macro for defining hardware register types with
typed bitfield accessors backed by Bounded values; supports
direct, relative, and array register addressing
- Add write_reg() / try_write_reg() and LocatedRegister trait
- Update PCI sample driver to demonstrate the register! macro
Example:
```
register! {
/// UART control register.
CTRL(u32) @ 0x18 {
/// Receiver enable.
19:19 rx_enable => bool;
/// Parity configuration.
14:13 parity ?=> Parity;
}
/// FIFO watermark and counter register.
WATER(u32) @ 0x2c {
/// Number of datawords in the receive FIFO.
26:24 rx_count;
/// RX interrupt threshold.
17:16 rx_water;
}
}
impl WATER {
fn rx_above_watermark(&self) -> bool {
self.rx_count() > self.rx_water()
}
}
fn init(bar: &pci::Bar<BAR0_SIZE>) {
let water = WATER::zeroed()
.with_const_rx_water::<1>(); // > 3 would not compile
bar.write_reg(water);
let ctrl = CTRL::zeroed()
.with_parity(Parity::Even)
.with_rx_enable(true);
bar.write_reg(ctrl);
}
fn handle_rx(bar: &pci::Bar<BAR0_SIZE>) {
if bar.read(WATER).rx_above_watermark() {
// drain the FIFO
}
}
fn set_parity(bar: &pci::Bar<BAR0_SIZE>, parity: Parity) {
bar.update(CTRL, |r| r.with_parity(parity));
}
```
- IRQ:
- Move 'static bounds from where clauses to trait declarations for
IRQ handler traits
- Misc:
- Enable the generic_arg_infer Rust feature
- Extend Bounded with shift operations, single-bit bool
conversion, and const get()
Misc:
- Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option
- Drop auxiliary_dev_pm_ops; the PM core falls back to driver PM
callbacks when no bus type PM ops are set
- Add conditional guard support for device_lock()
- Add ksysfs.c to the DRIVER CORE MAINTAINERS entry
- Fix kernel-doc warnings in base.h
- Fix stale reference to memory_block_add_nid() in documentation"
* tag 'driver-core-7.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core: (67 commits)
bus: fsl-mc: use generic driver_override infrastructure
s390/ap: use generic driver_override infrastructure
s390/cio: use generic driver_override infrastructure
vdpa: use generic driver_override infrastructure
platform/wmi: use generic driver_override infrastructure
PCI: use generic driver_override infrastructure
driver core: make software nodes available earlier
software node: remove software_node_exit()
kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier
MAINTAINERS: add ksysfs.c to the DRIVER CORE entry
drivers/base/memory: fix stale reference to memory_block_add_nid()
device property: Document how to check for the property presence
soundwire: debugfs: initialize firmware_file to empty string
debugfs: fix placement of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for debugfs_create_str()
debugfs: check for NULL pointer in debugfs_create_str()
driver core: Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option
driver core: simplify __device_set_driver_override() clearing logic
driver core: auxiliary bus: Drop auxiliary_dev_pm_ops
device property: Make modifications of fwnode "flags" thread safe
rust: devres: embed struct devres_node directly
...
kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags
used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of
this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are
cast to void *.
Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct
ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers.
This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(),
and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags.
Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require
access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be
converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via
container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction.
This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory
iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of
raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using
git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'
to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.
Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.
For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:
Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)
Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)
Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)
(where TYPE may also be *VAR)
The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Using RCU lifetime rules to access kernfs_node::name can avoid the
trouble with kernfs_rename_lock in kernfs_name() and kernfs_path_from_node()
if the fs was created with KERNFS_ROOT_INVARIANT_PARENT. This is usefull
as it allows to implement kernfs_path_from_node() only with RCU
protection and avoiding kernfs_rename_lock. The lock is only required if
the __parent node can be changed and the function requires an unchanged
hierarchy while it iterates from the node to its parent.
The change is needed to allow the lookup of the node's path
(kernfs_path_from_node()) from context which runs always with disabled
preemption and or interrutps even on PREEMPT_RT. The problem is that
kernfs_rename_lock becomes a sleeping lock on PREEMPT_RT.
I went through all ::name users and added the required access for the lookup
with a few extensions:
- rdtgroup_pseudo_lock_create() drops all locks and then uses the name
later on. resctrl supports rename with different parents. Here I made
a temporal copy of the name while it is used outside of the lock.
- kernfs_rename_ns() accepts NULL as new_parent. This simplifies
sysfs_move_dir_ns() where it can set NULL in order to reuse the current
name.
- kernfs_rename_ns() is only using kernfs_rename_lock if the parents are
different. All users use either kernfs_rwsem (for stable path view) or
just RCU for the lookup. The ::name uses always RCU free.
Use RCU lifetime guarantees to access kernfs_node::name.
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: syzbot+6ea37e2e6ffccf41a7e6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/67251dc6.050a0220.529b6.015e.GAE@google.com/
Reported-by: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/20241102001224.2789-1-hdanton@sina.com
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250213145023.2820193-7-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernfs_rename_lock is used to obtain stable kernfs_node::{name|parent}
pointer. This is a preparation to access kernfs_node::parent under RCU
and ensure that the pointer remains stable under the RCU lifetime
guarantees.
For a complete path, as it is done in kernfs_path_from_node(), the
kernfs_rename_lock is still required in order to obtain a stable parent
relationship while computing the relevant node depth. This must not
change while the nodes are inspected in order to build the path.
If the kernfs user never moves the nodes (changes the parent) then the
kernfs_rename_lock is not required and the RCU guarantees are
sufficient. This "restriction" can be set with
KERNFS_ROOT_INVARIANT_PARENT. Otherwise the lock is required.
Rename kernfs_node::parent to kernfs_node::__parent to denote the RCU
access and use RCU accessor while accessing the node.
Make cgroup use KERNFS_ROOT_INVARIANT_PARENT since the parent here can
not change.
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250213145023.2820193-6-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To make it possible to put struct bin_attribute into read-only memory,
the sysfs core has to stop passing mutable pointers to the read() and
write() callbacks.
As there are numerous implementors of these callbacks throughout the
tree it's not possible to change all of them at once.
To enable a step-by-step transition, add new variants of the read() and
write() callbacks which differ only in the constness of the struct
bin_attribute argument.
As most binary attributes are defined through macros, extend these
macros to transparently handle both variants of callbacks to minimize
the churn during the transition.
As soon as all handlers are switch to the const variant, the non-const
one can be removed together with the transition machinery.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@linux.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241103-sysfs-const-bin_attr-v2-9-71110628844c@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Several drivers need to dynamically calculate the size of an binary
attribute. Currently this is done by assigning attr->size from the
is_bin_visible() callback.
This has drawbacks:
* It is not documented.
* A single attribute can be instantiated multiple times, overwriting the
shared size field.
* It prevents the structure to be moved to read-only memory.
Introduce a new dedicated callback to calculate the size of the
attribute.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@linux.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241103-sysfs-const-bin_attr-v2-2-71110628844c@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
When drivers expose a bin_attribute in sysfs which is backed by a buffer
in memory, a common pattern is to set the @private and @size members in
struct bin_attribute to the buffer's location and size.
The ->read() callback then merely consists of a single memcpy() call.
It's not even necessary to perform bounds checks as these are already
handled by sysfs_kf_bin_read().
However each driver is so far providing its own ->read() implementation.
The pattern is sufficiently frequent to merit a public helper, so add
sysfs_bin_attr_simple_read() as well as BIN_ATTR_SIMPLE_RO() and
BIN_ATTR_SIMPLE_ADMIN_RO() macros to ease declaration of such
bin_attributes and reduce LoC and .text section size.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5ed62b197a442ec6db53d8746d9d806dd0576e2d.1712410202.git.lukas@wunner.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The sysfs_break_active_protection() routine has an obvious reference
leak in its error path. If the call to kernfs_find_and_get() fails then
kn will be NULL, so the companion sysfs_unbreak_active_protection()
routine won't get called (and would only cause an access violation by
trying to dereference kn->parent if it was called). As a result, the
reference to kobj acquired at the start of the function will never be
released.
Fix the leak by adding an explicit kobject_put() call when kn is NULL.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Fixes: 2afc9166f7 ("scsi: sysfs: Introduce sysfs_{un,}break_active_protection()")
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8a4d3f0f-c5e3-4b70-a188-0ca433f9e6f9@rowland.harvard.edu
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
These functions take a struct attribute_group as an input which has an
optional .name field. These functions rely on the .name field being
populated and do not check if its null. They pass this name into other
functions, eventually leading to a null pointer dereference.
This change simply updates the documentation of the function to make
this requirement clear.
Signed-off-by: Rohan Kollambalath <rkollamb@digi.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240211223634.2103665-1-rohankollambalath@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
It turns out that arch/x86/events/intel/core.c makes use of "empty"
attributes.
static struct attribute *empty_attrs;
__init int intel_pmu_init(void)
{
struct attribute **extra_skl_attr = &empty_attrs;
struct attribute **extra_attr = &empty_attrs;
struct attribute **td_attr = &empty_attrs;
struct attribute **mem_attr = &empty_attrs;
struct attribute **tsx_attr = &empty_attrs;
...
That breaks the assumption __first_visible() that expects that if
grp->attrs is set then grp->attrs[0] must also be set and results in
backtraces like:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00rnel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present ] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/IP: 0010:exra_is_visible+0x14/0x20
? exc_page_fault+0x68/0x190
internal_create_groups+0x42/0xa0
pmu_dev_alloc+0xc0/0xe0
perf_event_sysfs_init+0x580000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:exra_is_visible+0x14/0
Check for non-empty attributes array before calling is_visible().
Reported-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>
Closes: https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/pull/4799#issuecomment-1958537212
Fixes: 70317fd24b ("sysfs: Introduce a mechanism to hide static attribute_groups")
Cc: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Tested-by: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/170863445442.1479840.1818801787239831650.stgit@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linus Torvalds
Thomas Weißschuh
Christian Brauner
Heiner Kallweit
Kees Cook
Fernando Fernandez Mancera
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Lukas Wunner
Alan Stern
Rohan Kollambalath
Dan Williams