Vulnerability CVE-2021-47195


Published: 2024-04-10

Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

spi: fix use-after-free of the add_lock mutex

Commit 6098475d4cb4 ("spi: Fix deadlock when adding SPI controllers on
SPI buses") introduced a per-controller mutex. But mutex_unlock() of
said lock is called after the controller is already freed:

spi_unregister_controller(ctlr)
-> put_device(&ctlr->dev)
-> spi_controller_release(dev)
-> mutex_unlock(&ctrl->add_lock)

Move the put_device() after the mutex_unlock().

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37330f37f6666c7739a44b2b6b95b047ccdbed2d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c53b45c71b4920b5e62f0ea8079a1da382b9434

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