From: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>
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>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>,
Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: syzbot+f9d847b2b84164fa69f3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: caif: fix memory leak in ldisc_receive
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:47:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260118144800.18747-1-osama.abdelkader@gmail.com> (raw)
Add NULL pointer checks for ser and ser->dev in ldisc_receive() to
prevent memory leaks when the function is called during device close
or in race conditions where tty->disc_data or ser->dev may be NULL.
The memory leak occurred because netdev_alloc_skb() would allocate an
skb, but if ser or ser->dev was NULL, the function would return early
without freeing the allocated skb. Additionally, ser->dev was accessed
before checking if it was NULL, which could cause a NULL pointer
dereference.
Reported-by: syzbot+f9d847b2b84164fa69f3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f9d847b2b84164fa69f3
Fixes: 9b27105b4a44 ("net-caif-driver: add CAIF serial driver (ldisc)")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
index c398ac42eae9..0ec9670bd35c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
@@ -152,12 +152,16 @@ static void ldisc_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const u8 *data,
int ret;
ser = tty->disc_data;
+ if (!ser)
+ return;
/*
* NOTE: flags may contain information about break or overrun.
* This is not yet handled.
*/
+ if (!ser->dev)
+ return;
/*
* Workaround for garbage at start of transmission,
@@ -170,8 +174,6 @@ static void ldisc_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const u8 *data,
return;
}
- BUG_ON(ser->dev == NULL);
-
/* Get a suitable caif packet and copy in data. */
skb = netdev_alloc_skb(ser->dev, count+1);
if (skb == NULL)
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-18 14:48 UTC|newest]
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2026-01-18 14:47 Osama Abdelkader [this message]
2026-01-18 15:02 ` [PATCH] net: caif: fix memory leak in ldisc_receive Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-01-18 17:35 ` Osama Abdelkader
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