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From: "Nikhil P. Rao" <nikhil.rao@amd.com>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <kuba@kernel.org>, <brett.creeley@amd.com>, <eric.joyner@amd.com>,
	<andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
	<edumazet@google.com>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Nikhil P. Rao" <nikhil.rao@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:59:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610025952.196470-1-nikhil.rao@amd.com> (raw)

In pdsc_remove(), the workqueue is destroyed before pdsc_teardown()
is called. If pdsc_teardown() -> pdsc_devcmd_reset() times out, the
error path in pdsc_devcmd_locked() tries to queue health_work on the
already destroyed workqueue.

Fix by setting pdsc->wq to NULL after destroying the workqueue. The
devcmd error path already checks pdsc->wq before calling queue_work().

This is safe because by this point:
- Auxiliary bus clients have been removed, so no adminq commands are
  in flight and no completion IRQ can trigger queue_work()
- timer_shutdown_sync() has run, so no new health_work can be queued
  from the watchdog timer

Fixes: c2dbb0904310 ("pds_core: health timer and workqueue")
Signed-off-by: Nikhil P. Rao <nikhil.rao@amd.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c
index 22db78343eb0..cb3ac26266aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c
@@ -435,8 +435,10 @@ static void pdsc_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		pdsc_auxbus_dev_del(pdsc, pdsc, &pdsc->padev);
 
 		timer_shutdown_sync(&pdsc->wdtimer);
-		if (pdsc->wq)
+		if (pdsc->wq) {
 			destroy_workqueue(pdsc->wq);
+			pdsc->wq = NULL;
+		}
 
 		mutex_lock(&pdsc->config_lock);
 		set_bit(PDSC_S_STOPPING_DRIVER, &pdsc->state);
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-10  3:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-10  2:59 Nikhil P. Rao [this message]
2026-06-11 17:32 ` [PATCH net] pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove Simon Horman

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