From: Shuvam Pandey <shuvampandey1@gmail.com>
To: 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>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+5ec223ccb83b24ef982f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net] atm: mpoa: fix mpc->dev refcount across mpoad restart
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:20:12 +0545 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <177555091252.59118.13093904987038690781@gmail.com> (raw)
atm: mpoa: fix mpc->dev refcount across mpoad restart
mpoad_close() drops the reference held in mpc->dev with dev_put(), but
the mpoa_client stays alive and keeps the same device pointer.
A later mpoad attach reuses the existing mpoa_client without
reacquiring that reference, so the next close can hit the netdevice
refcount warning. Keep the LEC device reference with the mpoa_client
until the device unregisters or the client is torn down.
Reported-by: syzbot+5ec223ccb83b24ef982f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller-bugs/c/qhZ5MJfLBOE/m/UnotmgRdAQAJ
Signed-off-by: Shuvam Pandey <shuvampandey1@gmail.com>
---
net/atm/mpc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/atm/mpc.c b/net/atm/mpc.c
index ce8e9780373b..1e9b9c633e8b 100644
--- a/net/atm/mpc.c
+++ b/net/atm/mpc.c
@@ -886,7 +886,6 @@ static void mpoad_close(struct atm_vcc *vcc)
struct lec_priv *priv = netdev_priv(mpc->dev);
priv->lane2_ops->associate_indicator = NULL;
stop_mpc(mpc);
- dev_put(mpc->dev);
}
mpc->in_ops->destroy_cache(mpc);
@@ -1508,6 +1507,8 @@ static void __exit atm_mpoa_cleanup(void)
priv = netdev_priv(mpc->dev);
if (priv->lane2_ops != NULL)
priv->lane2_ops->associate_indicator = NULL;
+ dev_put(mpc->dev);
+ mpc->dev = NULL;
}
ddprintk("about to clear caches\n");
mpc->in_ops->destroy_cache(mpc);
--
2.50.0
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2026-04-10 14:03 ` [PATCH net] atm: mpoa: fix mpc->dev refcount across mpoad restart Simon Horman
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