Re: [PATCH net-next] net/iucv: fix UAF in afiucv_netdev_event()

[Nagamani PV <nagamani@linux.ibm.com>]

On 04/08/26 2:03 PM, Alexandra Winter wrote:
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> As this is a fix, it should have been prefixed with net and not net-next.
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Apologies for that — you had already corrected this in the internal
review. v2 will use [PATCH net] and include your Reviewed-by.

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> See the discussions with Bryam Vargas [1]:
> It is correct that afiucv_netdev_event() is missing lock protection.
> 
> However for a complete solution it should call lock_sock()
> (because netdev events are called in process context) and handle
> owned_by_user and a backlog queue.
> 
> So this patch improves the situation, but is not the complete solution.
> I'd rather continue to work on a more complete fix than take this one,
> but both ways are possible.
> 

Understood. This patch addresses the UAF on iucv_sk_list traversal
specifically. The lock_sock() concern is at a different level and
could be a follow-up.

Could you clarify your preference — take this as an incremental fix
with a follow-up for lock_sock(), or hold and work toward a combined
solution?

Thanks,
Nagamani

> Kind regards
> Alexandra
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260724222917.134769-1-hexlabsecurity@proton.me/
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