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From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	 "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,  Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
	 AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
	<angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	 linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	 Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:21:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260602-airoha-mtk-metadata-uaf-fix-v1-1-3aaa99d83351@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260602-airoha-mtk-metadata-uaf-fix-v1-0-3aaa99d83351@kernel.org>

airoha_metadata_dst_free() runs metadata_dst_free() which frees the
metadata_dst with kfree() immediately, bypassing the RCU grace period.
In the RX path, skb_dst_set_noref() sets a non-refcounted pointer from
the skb to the metadata_dst. This function requires RCU read-side
protection and the dst must remain valid until all RCU readers complete.
Since metadata_dst_free() calls kfree() directly, an use-after-free can
occur if any skb still holds a noref pointer to the dst when the driver
tears it down.
Replace metadata_dst_free() with dst_release() which properly goes
through the refcount path: when the refcount drops to zero, it schedules
the actual free via call_rcu_hurry(), ensuring all RCU readers have
completed before the memory is freed.

Fixes: af3cf757d5c9 ("net: airoha: Move DSA tag in DMA descriptor")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index cecd66251dba..eab6a98d62b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ static void airoha_metadata_dst_free(struct airoha_gdm_port *port)
 		if (!port->dsa_meta[i])
 			continue;
 
-		metadata_dst_free(port->dsa_meta[i]);
+		dst_release(&port->dsa_meta[i]->dst);
 	}
 }
 

-- 
2.54.0



  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-02  9:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-02  9:21 [PATCH net 0/2] Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown in airoha_eth and mtk_eth_soc drivers Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-06-02  9:21 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2026-06-04 17:38   ` [PATCH net 1/2] net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown Jacob Keller
2026-06-04 21:23     ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-06-04 21:53       ` Jacob Keller
2026-06-02  9:21 ` [PATCH net 2/2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: " Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-06-04  2:30 ` [PATCH net 0/2] Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown in airoha_eth and mtk_eth_soc drivers patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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