[PATCH 1/2] soc: xilinx: Fix race condition in event registration

From: Prasanna Kumar T S M

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 09:40:09 EST


The zynqmp_power driver registers handlers for suspend and subsystem
restart events using register_event(). However, the work structures
(zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work and zynqmp_pm_init_restart_work) used by
these handlers were allocated and initialized after the registration
call.

This created a race window where, if the firmware triggered an event
immediately after registration but before allocation, the callback
(suspend_event_callback or subsystem_restart_event_callback) would
dereference a NULL pointer in work_pending(), leading to a crash.

Fix this by allocating and initializing the work structures before
registering the events.

Fixes: fcf544ac6439 ("soc: xilinx: Add cb event for subsystem restart")

Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp_power.c | 34 +++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp_power.c b/drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp_power.c
index 9085db1b480a..aa35b63b45a3 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp_power.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp_power.c
@@ -303,18 +303,18 @@ static int zynqmp_pm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
* is not available to use) or -ENODEV(Xilinx Event Manager not compiled),
* then use ipi-mailbox or interrupt method.
*/
+ zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
+ sizeof(struct zynqmp_pm_work_struct),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ INIT_WORK(&zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work->callback_work,
+ zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work_fn);
+
ret = register_event(&pdev->dev, PM_INIT_SUSPEND_CB, 0, 0, false,
suspend_event_callback);
if (!ret) {
- zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
- sizeof(struct zynqmp_pm_work_struct),
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- INIT_WORK(&zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work->callback_work,
- zynqmp_pm_init_suspend_work_fn);
-
ret = zynqmp_pm_get_family_info(&pm_family_code);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -326,14 +326,6 @@ static int zynqmp_pm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
else
return -ENODEV;

- ret = register_event(&pdev->dev, PM_NOTIFY_CB, node_id, EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_RESTART,
- false, subsystem_restart_event_callback);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to Register with Xilinx Event manager %d\n",
- ret);
- return ret;
- }
-
zynqmp_pm_init_restart_work = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
sizeof(struct zynqmp_pm_work_struct),
GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -342,6 +334,14 @@ static int zynqmp_pm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

INIT_WORK(&zynqmp_pm_init_restart_work->callback_work,
zynqmp_pm_subsystem_restart_work_fn);
+
+ ret = register_event(&pdev->dev, PM_NOTIFY_CB, node_id, EVENT_SUBSYSTEM_RESTART,
+ false, subsystem_restart_event_callback);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to Register with Xilinx Event manager %d\n",
+ ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
} else if (ret != -EACCES && ret != -ENODEV) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to Register with Xilinx Event manager %d\n", ret);
return ret;
--
2.49.0