[PATCH] rapidio: mport_cdev: fix use-after-free in mport_mm_close()
From: James Kim <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-14 04:25:37
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Subsystem:
rapidio subsystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Matt Porter, Alexandre Bounine, Linus Torvalds
A use-after-free vulnerability was identified in mport_mm_close() in
drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c, identical to the pattern
previously addressed in dma_req_free().
This is observable from userspace when an application creates an mmap
mapping via the RapidIO character device and subsequently unmaps it
(or terminates, triggering exit_mmap()). During munmap, mport_mm_close()
is invoked and drops the mapping reference via kref_put().
If kref_put() drops the last reference, mport_release_mapping() is called,
which frees the underlying rio_mport_mapping structure. The subsequent
mutex_unlock() then dereferences map->md to unlock buf_mutex, leading to
a use-after-free:
mport_mm_close()
-> mutex_lock(&map->md->buf_mutex);
...
-> kref_put(&map->ref, mport_release_mapping); /* map is freed */
-> mutex_unlock(&map->md->buf_mutex); /* UAF: map used */
Fix this by caching map->md before kref_put() and using the cached
pointer for mutex unlocking, ensuring that freed memory is not accessed.
Fixes: e8de370188d0 ("rapidio: add mport char device driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: James Kim <redacted>
---
Note for Andrew:
Following up on the Sashiko review results you shared in the dma_req_free()
thread (https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260615070530.371640-1-james010kim@gmail.com),
I audited the reported pre-existing flaws and verified that this UAF in
mport_mm_close() is a genuine bug with the identical locking pattern.
drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index ad82c2108a56..47ba34b4afb2 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c@@ -2167,11 +2167,12 @@ static void mport_mm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma) static void mport_mm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { struct rio_mport_mapping *map = vma->vm_private_data; + struct mport_dev *md = map->md; rmcd_debug(MMAP, "%pad", &map->phys_addr); - mutex_lock(&map->md->buf_mutex); + mutex_lock(&md->buf_mutex); kref_put(&map->ref, mport_release_mapping); - mutex_unlock(&map->md->buf_mutex); + mutex_unlock(&md->buf_mutex); } static const struct vm_operations_struct vm_ops = {
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