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From: Atharva Vartak <atharva.a.vartak@gmail.com>
To: security@kernel.org
Cc: alibuda@linux.alibaba.com, dust.li@linux.alibaba.com,
	mjambigi@linux.ibm.com, sidraya@linux.ibm.com, w@1wt.eu,
	tonylu@linux.alibaba.com, guwen@linux.alibaba.com,
	linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net/smc: hold a reference on net_device returned by pnet_find_base_ndev()
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:24:12 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6aba080c.b933486d.297b72.5042@mx.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <arn3qTu_SeM8Yrjj@1wt.eu>

pnet_find_base_ndev() resolves the base net_device for stacked devices
under RTNL, then drops the lock and returns the raw pointer without
taking a reference.  All three callers dereference the pointer after
RTNL has been released, creating a use-after-free window if the device
is concurrently unregistered.

Take dev_hold() before dropping RTNL and add the matching dev_put() in
every return path of the three callers:

  - smc_pnet_add_eth()
  - smc_pnet_find_roce_by_pnetid()
  - smc_pnet_find_ism_by_pnetid()

Fixes: 0afff91c6f5e ("net/smc: add pnetid support")
Fixes: 1619f770589a ("net/smc: add pnetid support for SMC-D and ISM")
Cc: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Dust Li <dust.li@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Tony Lu <tonylu@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Atharva Vartak <atharva.a.vartak@gmail.com>
---
Apologies for not Cc'ing the maintainers on the initial report, will
follow the process properly going forward.

Based on v7.3-rc5. Passes checkpatch and compiles cleanly.

 net/smc/smc_pnet.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
index ff9c9c35c..d6e2f4454 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -367,8 +367,11 @@ static int smc_pnet_add_eth(struct smc_pnettable *pnettable, struct net *net,
 	if (ndev) {
 		base_ndev = pnet_find_base_ndev(ndev);
 		if (!smc_pnetid_by_dev_port(base_ndev->dev.parent,
-					    base_ndev->dev_port, ndev_pnetid))
+					    base_ndev->dev_port, ndev_pnetid)) {
+			dev_put(base_ndev);
 			goto out_put;
+		}
+		dev_put(base_ndev);
 	}
 
 	/* add a new netdev entry to the pnet table if there isn't one */
@@ -949,6 +952,8 @@ static struct net_device *pnet_find_base_ndev(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	rtnl_lock();
 	ndev = __pnet_find_base_ndev(ndev);
+	/* keep ndev alive after dropping RTNL, callers must dev_put() */
+	dev_hold(ndev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ndev;
 }
@@ -1094,8 +1099,10 @@ static void smc_pnet_find_roce_by_pnetid(struct net_device *ndev,
 	    smc_pnet_find_ndev_pnetid_by_table(base_ndev, ndev_pnetid) &&
 	    smc_pnet_find_ndev_pnetid_by_table(ndev, ndev_pnetid)) {
 		smc_pnet_find_rdma_dev(base_ndev, ini);
+		dev_put(base_ndev);
 		return; /* pnetid could not be determined */
 	}
+	dev_put(base_ndev);
 	_smc_pnet_find_roce_by_pnetid(ndev_pnetid, ini, NULL, net);
 }
 
@@ -1108,8 +1115,10 @@ static void smc_pnet_find_ism_by_pnetid(struct net_device *ndev,
 	ndev = pnet_find_base_ndev(ndev);
 	if (smc_pnetid_by_dev_port(ndev->dev.parent, ndev->dev_port,
 				   ndev_pnetid) &&
-	    smc_pnet_find_ndev_pnetid_by_table(ndev, ndev_pnetid))
+	    smc_pnet_find_ndev_pnetid_by_table(ndev, ndev_pnetid)) {
+		dev_put(ndev);
 		return; /* pnetid could not be determined */
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&smcd_dev_list.mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(ismdev, &smcd_dev_list.list, list) {
@@ -1123,6 +1132,7 @@ static void smc_pnet_find_ism_by_pnetid(struct net_device *ndev,
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&smcd_dev_list.mutex);
+	dev_put(ndev);
 }
 
 /* PNET table analysis for a given sock:
-- 
2.54.0


       reply	other threads:[~2026-09-28  6:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <arn3qTu_SeM8Yrjj@1wt.eu>
2026-09-28  6:24 ` Atharva Vartak [this message]
2026-09-28  6:31   ` [PATCH] net/smc: hold a reference on net_device returned by pnet_find_base_ndev() netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-09-28  6:37   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-02  0:13   ` Jakub Kicinski

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