auxdisplay: ht16k33: fix potential user-after-free on module unload

On module unload/remove, we need to ensure that work does not run
after we have freed resources. Concretely, cancel_delayed_work()
may return while the callback function is still running.

From kernel/workqueue.c:

    The work callback function may still be running on return,
    unless it returns true and the work doesn't re-arm itself.
    Explicitly flush or use cancel_delayed_work_sync() to wait on it.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190204220952.30761-1-TheSven73@googlemail.com/
Reported-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Robin van der Gracht <robin@protonic.nl>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>

diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c
index a43276c..21393ec 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int ht16k33_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
        struct ht16k33_priv *priv = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
        struct ht16k33_fbdev *fbdev = &priv->fbdev;
 
-       cancel_delayed_work(&fbdev->work);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&fbdev->work);
        unregister_framebuffer(fbdev->info);
        framebuffer_release(fbdev->info);
        free_page((unsigned long) fbdev->buffer);