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* [PATCH] wifi: libertas: fix use-after-free in lbs_free_adapter()
@ 2026-02-06 19:53 Daniel Hodges
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From: Daniel Hodges @ 2026-02-06 19:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless
  Cc: libertas-dev, linux-kernel, stable, Daniel Drake, Dan Williams,
	Daniel Hodges

The lbs_free_adapter() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous)
for both command_timer and tx_lockup_timer before the structure is
freed. This is incorrect because timer_delete() does not wait for
any running timer callback to complete.

If a timer callback is executing when lbs_free_adapter() is called,
the callback will access freed memory since lbs_cfg_free() frees the
containing structure immediately after lbs_free_adapter() returns.

Both timer callbacks (lbs_cmd_timeout_handler and lbs_tx_lockup_handler)
access priv->driver_lock, priv->cur_cmd, priv->dev, and other fields,
which would all be use-after-free violations.

Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback
has completed before returning.

This bug was introduced in commit 8f641d93c38a ("libertas: detect TX
lockups and reset hardware") where del_timer() was used instead of
del_timer_sync() in the cleanup path. The command_timer has had the
same issue since the driver was first written.

Fixes: 8f641d93c38a ("libertas: detect TX lockups and reset hardware")
Fixes: 954ee164f4f4 ("[PATCH] libertas: reorganize and simplify init sequence")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
index d44e02c6fe38..dd97f1b61f4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ static void lbs_free_adapter(struct lbs_private *priv)
 {
 	lbs_free_cmd_buffer(priv);
 	kfifo_free(&priv->event_fifo);
-	timer_delete(&priv->command_timer);
-	timer_delete(&priv->tx_lockup_timer);
+	timer_delete_sync(&priv->command_timer);
+	timer_delete_sync(&priv->tx_lockup_timer);
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops lbs_netdev_ops = {
-- 
2.52.0


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