From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFA1433C1AD; Fri, 7 Aug 2026 15:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786115461; cv=none; b=oGsZBqu66oqgmaG/dO7sSodlargDBsK8PJ/yl8siM2QNWGznpzWoKZ1H2rNXPA8hl5yobWEtADTHtxviS/aeHyrjpgcftcXF3NG7QHjEKNSIglpLmVtHtKuGJLVtTcN2SApRMQ4pGD15cNBjr7DYIfHlq6bMgAH37WqAgjAKc1Q= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786115461; c=relaxed/simple; bh=J/hQryoA7dwTCuu/6Pb/sG/kHC/DoUPIbSmJrtr5S+8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=HGU9b3LIQPf6gbn0xX5z+NNcXPqnPB5JAkTxo/vo+zAAaR0jUudmtdcdeppca78pSSfvezIwFoXf4/TRs5xso5SirBv2NQ/Vs0p2MMLhNTRkSCwbcVFBBP5XD92GIuKcWf4Fegmfa89zC3vc2a0mdUmU/4zgB717ZnOhWVR3GSg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=A8OjIANY; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="A8OjIANY" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A74981F000E9; Fri, 7 Aug 2026 15:10:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1786115459; bh=uu+G3fgZAYEgu4wVM17q0kUASyYctvIw2EXbPNUUV/k=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=A8OjIANYj1Qjge/z+Pljpart2eP4Oj3ZWp3cpRCOHDarqzMYTMzwSDyEpxYsA3hwh DbO+IEPqVOmyrhCT64cbTpSbn97hdpXYsX3gmHbPOzUnlKZKsFZAitwLFPserVJbzx GreWgATMnZ1WAaoQOhJuyXLKl1jBehqlkalPuDPg= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Chengfeng Ye , Simon Horman , Jakub Kicinski Subject: [PATCH 6.18 240/396] net: pktgen: fix proc entry use-after-free Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 16:36:40 +0200 Message-ID: <20260807143429.431558985@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260807143424.272339768@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260807143424.272339768@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Chengfeng Ye commit 817ff6efdb7f484ea547218e11e17d8e43daa3b4 upstream. pktgen_change_name() replaces pkt_dev->entry while holding t->if_lock. pktgen_remove_device() removes the same entry before _rem_dev_from_if_list() takes that lock. This allows the following interleaving: CPU 0 (NETDEV_CHANGENAME) CPU 1 (kpktgend) if_lock(t) proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry) proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry) pkt_dev->entry = proc_create_data(...) if_unlock(t) The kthread can pass the stale proc_dir_entry to proc_remove() after the rename path has freed it. A reproducer with a widened race window reports: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in proc_remove+0x78/0x80 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881478fea70 by task kpktgend_0/67 Call Trace: proc_remove+0x78/0x80 pktgen_remove_device.isra.0+0x11c/0x4c0 pktgen_thread_worker+0x1214/0x6bc0 kthread+0x2c6/0x3b0 Allocated by task 95: __proc_create+0x204/0x790 proc_create_data+0x72/0xe0 pktgen_thread_write+0xd61/0x1510 Freed by task 28: kmem_cache_free+0xcb/0x3d0 proc_free_inode+0x5b/0x80 rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881478fea00 which belongs to the cache proc_dir_entry of size 192 Move proc_remove() into the if_lock-protected list removal helper. Keep it before list_del_rcu() to preserve the ordering required by add_device(). The rename path must then finish replacing the entry before removal, or it observes that the device is no longer on the list. Fixes: 39df232f1a9b ("[PKTGEN]: fix device name handling") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260719145740.2888967-1-nicoyip.dev@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/core/pktgen.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/net/core/pktgen.c +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c @@ -3971,6 +3971,7 @@ static void _rem_dev_from_if_list(struct struct pktgen_dev *p; if_lock(t); + proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry); list_for_each_safe(q, n, &t->if_list) { p = list_entry(q, struct pktgen_dev, list); if (p == pkt_dev) @@ -4000,9 +4001,6 @@ static int pktgen_remove_device(struct p * list to determine if interface already exist, avoid race * with proc_create_data() */ - proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry); - - /* And update the thread if_list */ _rem_dev_from_if_list(t, pkt_dev); #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM