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 v3 2/2] pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:02:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260714180223.1642792-3-nikhil.rao@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260714180223.1642792-1-nikhil.rao@amd.com>
In pdsc_remove(), the workqueue is destroyed before pdsc_teardown()
is called. This ordering allows two paths to queue work on the
destroyed workqueue:
1. If pdsc_teardown() -> pdsc_devcmd_reset() times out, the error
path in pdsc_devcmd_locked() queues health_work.
2. A NotifyQ event can trigger the ISR and queue work before free_irq()
is called in pdsc_teardown().
Fix by moving destroy_workqueue() after pdsc_teardown() so the
workqueue outlives every queuer; destroy_workqueue() then flushes any
work still pending.
Draining the queued work also requires ordering the teardown so the
resources that work touches are freed last:
- In pdsc_qcq_free(), after freeing the interrupt, cancel_work_sync()
the queue's work and only then clear qcq->intx, so
pdsc_process_adminq()'s read of qcq->intx for interrupt-credit
return cannot race with the clear.
- Free adminqcq before notifyqcq: the shared adminq ISR is released
when adminqcq is freed, and the adminq work accesses notifyqcq, so
both must be stopped before notifyqcq is freed.
Fixes: 01ba61b55b20 ("pds_core: Add adminq processing and commands")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://patchwork.kernel.org/comment/27002369/
Signed-off-by: Nikhil P. Rao <nikhil.rao@amd.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/core.c | 14 ++++++++++----
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/core.c
index 1074a022a52f..e39b2c9beb20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/core.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static void pdsc_qcq_intr_free(struct pdsc *pdsc, struct pdsc_qcq *qcq)
return;
pdsc_intr_free(pdsc, qcq->intx);
- qcq->intx = PDS_CORE_INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED;
}
static int pdsc_qcq_intr_alloc(struct pdsc *pdsc, struct pdsc_qcq *qcq)
@@ -145,6 +144,12 @@ void pdsc_qcq_free(struct pdsc *pdsc, struct pdsc_qcq *qcq)
pdsc_qcq_intr_free(pdsc, qcq);
+ /* Drain any work queued by ISR before it was freed above */
+ if (qcq->work.func)
+ cancel_work_sync(&qcq->work);
+
+ qcq->intx = PDS_CORE_INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED;
+
if (qcq->q_base)
dma_free_coherent(dev, qcq->q_size,
qcq->q_base, qcq->q_base_pa);
@@ -304,8 +309,11 @@ int pdsc_qcq_alloc(struct pdsc *pdsc, unsigned int type, unsigned int index,
static void pdsc_core_uninit(struct pdsc *pdsc)
{
- pdsc_qcq_free(pdsc, &pdsc->notifyqcq);
+ /* Free adminqcq first: its work accesses notifyqcq, so we must
+ * disable its IRQ and drain its work before freeing notifyqcq.
+ */
pdsc_qcq_free(pdsc, &pdsc->adminqcq);
+ pdsc_qcq_free(pdsc, &pdsc->notifyqcq);
if (pdsc->kern_dbpage) {
iounmap(pdsc->kern_dbpage);
@@ -479,8 +487,6 @@ void pdsc_teardown(struct pdsc *pdsc, bool removing)
{
if (!pdsc->pdev->is_virtfn)
pdsc_devcmd_reset(pdsc);
- if (pdsc->adminqcq.work.func)
- cancel_work_sync(&pdsc->adminqcq.work);
pci_clear_master(pdsc->pdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c
index 22db78343eb0..638b9c7a509d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/main.c
@@ -435,8 +435,6 @@ static void pdsc_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
pdsc_auxbus_dev_del(pdsc, pdsc, &pdsc->padev);
timer_shutdown_sync(&pdsc->wdtimer);
- if (pdsc->wq)
- destroy_workqueue(pdsc->wq);
mutex_lock(&pdsc->config_lock);
set_bit(PDSC_S_STOPPING_DRIVER, &pdsc->state);
@@ -444,6 +442,9 @@ static void pdsc_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
pdsc_stop(pdsc);
pdsc_teardown(pdsc, PDSC_TEARDOWN_REMOVING);
mutex_unlock(&pdsc->config_lock);
+
+ if (pdsc->wq)
+ destroy_workqueue(pdsc->wq);
mutex_destroy(&pdsc->config_lock);
mutex_destroy(&pdsc->devcmd_lock);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-14 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-14 18:02 [PATCH net v3 0/2] pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove Nikhil P. Rao
2026-07-14 18:02 ` [PATCH net v3 1/2] pds_core: fix deadlock between reset thread and remove Nikhil P. Rao
2026-07-21 16:55 ` Simon Horman
2026-07-14 18:02 ` Nikhil P. Rao [this message]
2026-07-21 19:50 ` [PATCH net v3 0/2] pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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