* [PATCH] net: pktgen: fix proc entry use-after-free
@ 2026-07-19 14:57 Chengfeng Ye
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From: Chengfeng Ye @ 2026-07-19 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni,
Simon Horman, Thorsten Blum, Andrew Morton, Andy Shevchenko,
Randy Dunlap, Chengfeng Ye, Robert Olsson, Stephen Hemminger
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, stable
pktgen_change_name() replaces pkt_dev->entry while holding t->if_lock.
pktgen_remove_device() removes the same entry before
_rem_dev_from_if_list() takes that lock.
This allows the following interleaving:
CPU 0 (NETDEV_CHANGENAME) CPU 1 (kpktgend)
if_lock(t)
proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry)
proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry)
pkt_dev->entry = proc_create_data(...)
if_unlock(t)
The kthread can pass the stale proc_dir_entry to proc_remove() after the
rename path has freed it. A reproducer with a widened race window reports:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in proc_remove+0x78/0x80
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881478fea70 by task kpktgend_0/67
Call Trace:
proc_remove+0x78/0x80
pktgen_remove_device.isra.0+0x11c/0x4c0
pktgen_thread_worker+0x1214/0x6bc0
kthread+0x2c6/0x3b0
Allocated by task 95:
__proc_create+0x204/0x790
proc_create_data+0x72/0xe0
pktgen_thread_write+0xd61/0x1510
Freed by task 28:
kmem_cache_free+0xcb/0x3d0
proc_free_inode+0x5b/0x80
rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881478fea00
which belongs to the cache proc_dir_entry of size 192
Move proc_remove() into the if_lock-protected list removal helper. Keep it
before list_del_rcu() to preserve the ordering required by add_device().
The rename path must then finish replacing the entry before removal, or
it observes that the device is no longer on the list.
Fixes: 39df232f1a9b ("[PKTGEN]: fix device name handling")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>
---
net/core/pktgen.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 8e185b318288..ee64f3012321 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -3972,6 +3972,7 @@ static void _rem_dev_from_if_list(struct pktgen_thread *t,
struct pktgen_dev *p;
if_lock(t);
+ proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry);
list_for_each_safe(q, n, &t->if_list) {
p = list_entry(q, struct pktgen_dev, list);
if (p == pkt_dev)
@@ -4001,9 +4002,6 @@ static int pktgen_remove_device(struct pktgen_thread *t,
* list to determine if interface already exist, avoid race
* with proc_create_data()
*/
- proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry);
-
- /* And update the thread if_list */
_rem_dev_from_if_list(t, pkt_dev);
#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
--
2.43.0
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