From: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
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Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>,
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Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
Cc: security@kernel.org, notify@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: virt_wifi: remove SET_NETDEV_DEV to avoid use-after-free
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:46:02 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260324224607.374327-1-alex.popov@linux.com> (raw)
Currently we execute `SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &priv->lowerdev->dev)` for
the virt_wifi net devices. However, unregistering a virt_wifi device in
netdev_run_todo() can happen together with the device referenced by
SET_NETDEV_DEV().
It can result in use-after-free during the ethtool operations performed
on a virt_wifi device that is currently being unregistered. Such a net
device can have the `dev.parent` field pointing to the freed memory,
but ethnl_ops_begin() calls `pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev.parent)`.
Let's remove SET_NETDEV_DEV for virt_wifi to avoid bugs like this:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810cfc46f8 by task pm/606
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x4d/0x70
print_report+0x170/0x4f3
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
kasan_report+0xda/0x110
? __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
? __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
__pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
ethnl_ops_begin+0x49/0x270
ethnl_set_features+0x23c/0xab0
? __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10
? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20
? local_clock_noinstr+0xf/0xf0
? local_clock+0x10/0x30
? kasan_save_track+0x25/0x60
? __kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.0+0x150/0x2c0
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1e7/0x2c0
? __pfx_genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_cred_has_capability.isra.0+0x10/0x10
? stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0
genl_rcv_msg+0x411/0x660
? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10
netlink_rcv_skb+0x121/0x380
? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_netlink_rcv_skb+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_down_read+0x10/0x10
genl_rcv+0x23/0x30
netlink_unicast+0x60f/0x830
? __pfx_netlink_unicast+0x10/0x10
? __pfx___alloc_skb+0x10/0x10
netlink_sendmsg+0x6ea/0xbc0
? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? __futex_queue+0x10b/0x1f0
____sys_sendmsg+0x7a2/0x950
? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x26b/0x430
? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_copy_msghdr_from_user+0x10/0x10
___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180
? __pfx____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_futex_wait+0x10/0x10
? fdget+0x2e4/0x4a0
__sys_sendmsg+0x11f/0x1c0
? __pfx___sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
do_syscall_64+0xe2/0x570
? exc_page_fault+0x66/0xb0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
This fix may be combined with another one in the ethtool subsystem:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260322075917.254874-1-alex.popov@linux.com/T/#u
Fixes: d43c65b05b848e0b ("ethtool: runtime-resume netdev parent in ethnl_ops_begin")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c
index 885dc7243e8d..97bd39d89e98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ static int virt_wifi_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
eth_hw_addr_inherit(dev, priv->lowerdev);
netif_stacked_transfer_operstate(priv->lowerdev, dev);
- SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &priv->lowerdev->dev);
dev->ieee80211_ptr = kzalloc_obj(*dev->ieee80211_ptr);
if (!dev->ieee80211_ptr) {
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-24 22:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 22:46 Alexander Popov [this message]
2026-03-25 8:35 ` [PATCH] wifi: virt_wifi: remove SET_NETDEV_DEV to avoid use-after-free Greg KH
2026-03-25 9:23 ` Breno Leitao
2026-03-25 12:34 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-25 13:47 ` Greg KH
2026-03-25 17:24 ` Alexander Popov
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