From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, xiangxia.m.yue@gmail.com,
aconole@redhat.com, echaudro@redhat.com, dev@openvswitch.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:30:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178541100631.3521176.18317518103767015432.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727121022.198461-1-i.maximets@ovn.org>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:10:21 +0200 you wrote:
> While attaching a newly created meter attach_meter() function makes
> the new meter visible to other CPUs but can still fail afterwards.
> On failure, it detaches the meter back and returns an error.
>
> However, this is an unexpected behavior for the ovs_meter_cmd_set()
> that uses a plain kfree(meter) on attach failure without waiting for
> RCU readers to stop using it, assuming it was never visible.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a58a2b0ce354
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 12:10 [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure Ilya Maximets
2026-07-27 14:28 ` Eelco Chaudron
2026-07-28 14:00 ` Ilya Maximets
2026-07-30 11:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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