From: Yifei Gao <gyf161023@gmail.com>
To: corey@minyard.net
Cc: openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Yifei Gao <gyf161023@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix use-after-free of cmd_rcvr in _ipmi_destroy_user()
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:46:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825234630.1196170-1-gyf161023@gmail.com> (raw)
Commit 9e91f8a6c868 ("ipmi:msghandler: Remove srcu for the
ipmi_interfaces list") dropped the synchronize_rcu() between unlinking
the command receivers from intf->cmd_rcvrs and freeing them, updating
only the comment that explains why the barrier is needed.
The cmd_rcvrs list is still traversed under plain RCU: find_cmd_rcvr()
walks it inside rcu_read_lock(), and handle_ipmb_get_msg_cmd() borrows
rcvr->user from that lookup within the same read-side section. Without
the grace period, _ipmi_destroy_user() can kfree() a cmd_rcvr while a
reader still holds a pointer to it, causing a use-after-free.
The rework only made srcu unnecessary for the interfaces list; the
cmd_rcvrs list still relies on plain RCU. Restore the synchronize_rcu()
before freeing the receivers.
Fixes: 9e91f8a6c868 ("ipmi:msghandler: Remove srcu for the ipmi_interfaces list")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Yifei Gao <gyf161023@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index ab4c85f3d6fe..3f4018194df8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -1391,6 +1391,7 @@ static void _ipmi_destroy_user(struct ipmi_user *user)
}
}
mutex_unlock(&intf->cmd_rcvrs_mutex);
+ synchronize_rcu();
while (rcvrs) {
rcvr = rcvrs;
rcvrs = rcvr->next;
--
2.43.0
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2026-08-25 23:46 Yifei Gao [this message]
2026-08-26 0:55 ` [PATCH] ipmi: Fix use-after-free of cmd_rcvr in _ipmi_destroy_user() Corey Minyard
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