6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Vasileios Almpanis commit b15b548d52b43ba8ac4652bc2c7244a8dd1e9622 upstream. i2c_del_adapter() frees the adapter's debugfs directory before it unregisters the adapter device, but the new_device sysfs attribute stays writable until device_del(). A write racing with removal still reaches i2c_device_probe(), which passes the freed adap->debugfs to debugfs_create_dir() as the new client's parent: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88803ef87810 by task syz.0.61/6090 lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430 simple_start_creating+0x9c/0x110 debugfs_start_creating+0xdb/0x1a0 debugfs_create_dir+0x24/0x350 i2c_device_probe+0x814/0xbf0 It's technically possible to create a client after i2c_deregister_clients has run. That client will never be unregistered and make wait_for_completion hang. Close the window by removing the new_device attribute at the start of i2c_del_adapter(). device_remove_file() will drain any clients left. Fixes: 73febd775bdb ("i2c: create debugfs entry per adapter") Reported-by: syzbot+23ad911c819b923238b7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=23ad911c819b923238b7 Signed-off-by: Vasileios Almpanis Cc: # v6.8+ Tested-by: syzbot+23ad911c819b923238b7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260812-i2c-v2-1-5efaab4c3334@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c @@ -1814,6 +1814,12 @@ void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter return; } + /* + * This drains any in-flight writers, so all + * clients will be caught by i2c_deregister_clients(). + */ + device_remove_file(&adap->dev, &dev_attr_new_device); + i2c_acpi_remove_space_handler(adap); i2c_deregister_clients(adap);