From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	Dingisoul <dingiso.kernel@gmail.com>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
	Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12 311/460] nvdimm/bus: Fix potential use after free in asynchronous initialization
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:45:07 +0100
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6.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

commit a8aec14230322ed8f1e8042b6d656c1631d41163 upstream.

Dingisoul with KASAN reports a use after free if device_add() fails in
nd_async_device_register().

Commit b6eae0f61db2 ("libnvdimm: Hold reference on parent while
scheduling async init") correctly added a reference on the parent device
to be held until asynchronous initialization was complete.  However, if
device_add() results in an allocation failure the ref count of the
device drops to 0 prior to the parent pointer being accessed.  Thus
resulting in use after free.

The bug bot AI correctly identified the fix.  Save a reference to the
parent pointer to be used to drop the parent reference regardless of the
outcome of device_add().

Reported-by: Dingisoul <dingiso.kernel@gmail.com>
Closes: http://lore.kernel.org/8855544b-be9e-4153-aa55-0bc328b13733@gmail.com
Fixes: b6eae0f61db2 ("libnvdimm: Hold reference on parent while scheduling async init")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306-fix-uaf-async-init-v1-1-a28fd7526723@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/bus.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
@@ -489,14 +489,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nd_synchronize);
 static void nd_async_device_register(void *d, async_cookie_t cookie)
 {
 	struct device *dev = d;
+	struct device *parent = dev->parent;
 
 	if (device_add(dev) != 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: failed\n", __func__);
 		put_device(dev);
 	}
 	put_device(dev);
-	if (dev->parent)
-		put_device(dev->parent);
+	if (parent)
+		put_device(parent);
 }
 
 static void nd_async_device_unregister(void *d, async_cookie_t cookie)