From: Nagamani PV <nagamani@linux.ibm.com>
To: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
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Nagamani PV <nagamani@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v4 0/2] s390/ctcm: Fix timer corruption and use-after-free
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:02:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930070234.569500-1-nagamani@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
Fix two bugs in drivers/s390/net/fsm.c and drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
found by Sashiko AI code review.
Patch 1 fixes timer list corruption when fsm_addtimer() is called on
an already-pending timer - timer_setup() re-initializes the timer
list_head while it is still enqueued in the wheel.
Patch 2 fixes a use-after-free in channel_remove(). For MPC channels
the teardown has a circular dependency: the ch->timer callback can
schedule ch_disc_tasklet via mpc_action_go_inop(), ch_tasklet can
re-arm sweep_timer, and sweep_timer's callback re-arms ch->timer.
Fix by shutting down both MPC timers with timer_shutdown_sync() first
(sweep_timer before ch->timer), then killing both tasklets. This breaks
all three re-arm paths before freeing channel resources.
Changes in v4:
- Patch 2: shut down timers before tasklet_kill() rather than after,
shutting down sweep_timer before ch->timer.
- Patch 2: use timer_shutdown_sync() for ch->timer on both MPC and
non-MPC paths.
- Patch 2: name prerequisite by commit title and add structured
stable tag dependency (Jakub Kicinski).
- Patch 2: code changed; Reviewed-by and Tested-by dropped.
Changes in v3:
- Patch 2: fix MPC tasklet/timer re-arm UAF identified by Sashiko:
kill ch_tasklet and ch_disc_tasklet before stopping the timers, then
shut down sweep_timer before deleting ch->timer; move
kfree(discontact_th) into the MPC teardown block.
- Patch 2: code changed; Reviewed-by and Tested-by dropped.
Note: two pre-existing UAFs in ctcm_free_netdevice() (grp->timer,
priv->restart_timer) and a NULL deref in ctcmpc_chx_txdone() are
confirmed but out of scope for this series; follow-up patch planned.
Changes in v2:
- Patch 1: fix function name ctcm_send_sweep() -> ctcmpc_send_sweep_req()
in the commit message (Sashiko netdev-bot)
- Patch 1: call mod_timer() then return 0 explicitly, preserving the
"Always returns 0" contract documented in fsm.h (Sashiko netdev-bot)
- Patch 2: add Fixes: and Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org tags
(Sashiko netdev-bot)
Nagamani PV (2):
s390/ctcm: Fix timer corruption in fsm_addtimer()
s390/ctcm: Fix use-after-free in channel_remove()
drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c | 14 +++++++-------
drivers/s390/net/fsm.c | 9 ++-------
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 7:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-30 7:02 Nagamani PV [this message]
2026-09-30 7:02 ` [PATCH net v4 1/2] s390/ctcm: Fix timer corruption in fsm_addtimer() Nagamani PV
2026-09-30 7:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-05 17:16 ` Simon Horman
2026-09-30 7:02 ` [PATCH net v4 2/2] s390/ctcm: Fix use-after-free in channel_remove() Nagamani PV
2026-09-30 7:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 11:35 ` Aswin Karuvally
2026-10-04 7:17 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-05 8:48 ` Nagamani PV
2026-10-05 17:16 ` Simon Horman
2026-09-30 7:09 ` [PATCH net v4 0/2] s390/ctcm: Fix timer corruption and use-after-free netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-01 8:06 ` Nagamani PV
2026-10-06 0:34 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-10-06 0:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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