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authorGiovanni Cabiddu <[email protected]>2025-07-11 12:27:43 +0000
committerHerbert Xu <[email protected]>2025-07-18 10:52:00 +0000
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crypto: qat - flush misc workqueue during device shutdown
Repeated loading and unloading of a device specific QAT driver, for example qat_4xxx, in a tight loop can lead to a crash due to a use-after-free scenario. This occurs when a power management (PM) interrupt triggers just before the device-specific driver (e.g., qat_4xxx.ko) is unloaded, while the core driver (intel_qat.ko) remains loaded. Since the driver uses a shared workqueue (`qat_misc_wq`) across all devices and owned by intel_qat.ko, a deferred routine from the device-specific driver may still be pending in the queue. If this routine executes after the driver is unloaded, it can dereference freed memory, resulting in a page fault and kernel crash like the following: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffa000002e50a01c #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode RIP: 0010:pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat] Call Trace: pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat] process_one_work+0x171/0x340 worker_thread+0x277/0x3a0 kthread+0xf0/0x120 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 To prevent this, flush the misc workqueue during device shutdown to ensure that all pending work items are completed before the driver is unloaded. Note: This approach may slightly increase shutdown latency if the workqueue contains jobs from other devices, but it ensures correctness and stability. Fixes: e5745f34113b ("crypto: qat - enable power management for QAT GEN4") Signed-off-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Reviewed-by: Ahsan Atta <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
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