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Revert previous patch

Reverts the earlier fastrpc_user reference counting change.
This is done to avoid carrying forward a partially updated
implementation and to ensure a clean base.

Apply latest patch (v4) from mailing list

Applies the full, updated version of the fix.
Incorporates all revisions from earlier versions.
Ensures correct ordering of:

fastrpc_user_put()
fastrpc_channel_ctx_put()

Consolidates teardown logic into fastrpc_user_free().
Fixes use-after-free scenarios in workqueue and error paths.

CRs-Fixed: 4502232

Anandu Krishnan E added 2 commits May 19, 2026 02:18
…ser structure"

This reverts commit 94b182f.

This change corresponds to the initial (v1) version shared with the
upstream community.

Revert it to apply the complete v4 revision, which includes additional
fixes and updates not present in the earlier version. v4 version
contains this changes as well.
…eue context

There is a race between fastrpc_device_release() and the workqueue
that processes DSP responses. When the user closes the file descriptor,
fastrpc_device_release() frees the fastrpc_user structure. Concurrently,
an in-flight DSP invocation can complete and fastrpc_rpmsg_callback()
schedules context cleanup via schedule_work(&ctx->put_work). If the
workqueue runs fastrpc_context_free() in parallel with or after
fastrpc_device_release() has freed the user structure, it dereferences
the freed fastrpc_user. Depending on the state of the context at the
time of the race, any one of the following accesses can be hit:

 1. fastrpc_buf_free() calls fastrpc_ipa_to_dma_addr(buf->fl->cctx, ...)
    to strip the SID bits from the stored IOVA before passing the
    physical address to dma_free_coherent().

 2. fastrpc_free_map() reads map->fl->cctx->vmperms[0].vmid to
    reconstruct the source permission bitmask needed for the
    qcom_scm_assign_mem() call that returns memory from the DSP VM
    back to HLOS.

 3. fastrpc_free_map() acquires map->fl->lock to safely remove the
    map node from the fl->maps list.

The resulting use-after-free manifests as:

  pc : fastrpc_buf_free+0x38/0x80 [fastrpc]
  lr : fastrpc_context_free+0xa8/0x1b0 [fastrpc]
  fastrpc_context_free+0xa8/0x1b0 [fastrpc]
  fastrpc_context_put_wq+0x78/0xa0 [fastrpc]
  process_one_work+0x180/0x450
  worker_thread+0x26c/0x388

Add kref-based reference counting to fastrpc_user. Have each invoke
context take a reference on the user at allocation time and release it
when the context is freed. Release the initial reference in
fastrpc_device_release() at file close. Move the teardown of the user
structure — freeing pending contexts, maps, mmaps, and the channel
context reference — into the kref release callback fastrpc_user_free(),
so that it runs only when the last reference is dropped, regardless of
whether that happens at device close or after the final in-flight
context completes.

Link:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260518203507.3754994-1-anandu.e@oss.qualcomm.com/
Fixes: 6cffd79 ("misc: fastrpc: Add support for dmabuf exporter")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anandu Krishnan E <anandu.e@oss.qualcomm.com>
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