[PATCH 4.19 03/12] hamradio: defer 6pack kfree after unregister_netdev

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-04-29T10:42:38Z

From: Lin Ma <linma@zju.edu.cn>

commit 0b9111922b1f399aba6ed1e1b8f2079c3da1aed8 upstream.

There is a possible race condition (use-after-free) like below

(USE) | (FREE)
dev_queue_xmit |
__dev_queue_xmit |
__dev_xmit_skb |
sch_direct_xmit | ...
xmit_one |
netdev_start_xmit | tty_ldisc_kill
__netdev_start_xmit | 6pack_close
sp_xmit | kfree
sp_encaps |
|

According to the patch "defer ax25 kfree after unregister_netdev", this
patch reorder the kfree after the unregister_netdev to avoid the possible
UAF as the unregister_netdev() is well synchronized and won't return if
there is a running routine.

Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
@@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ static void sixpack_close(struct tty_str
del_timer_sync(&sp->tx_t);
del_timer_sync(&sp->resync_t);

- /* Free all 6pack frame buffers. */
+ /* Free all 6pack frame buffers after unreg. */
kfree(sp->rbuff);
kfree(sp->xbuff);
+
+ free_netdev(sp->dev);
}

/* Perform I/O control on an active 6pack channel. */