From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
To: Ibrahim Hashimov <security@auditcode.ai>
Cc: alex.aring@gmail.com, stefan@datenfreihafen.org,
horms@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] mac802154: lock rx_mac_cmd_list and drain it before freeing sdata
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:31:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a4rgspid.fsf@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260722101608.37744-1-security@auditcode.ai> (Ibrahim Hashimov's message of "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:16:08 +0200")
> rx_mac_cmd_list has no locking. The RX softirq producer in
> ieee802154_subif_frame() list_add_tail()s while the mac_wq worker
> list_del()s, and the worker dereferences mac_pkt->sdata with no
> liveness check.
>
> Removing an interface (or the phy) thus frees its sdata while a queued
> packet still points at it, and a later worker run reads freed memory: a
> KASAN use-after-free, reproduced by flooding a victim interface with MAC
> command frames and deleting it. Meanwhile sibling interfaces on the same
> phy keep adding to the list, corrupting it.
>
> Add rx_mac_cmd_lock around every access -- producer, worker (which now
> dequeues under the lock and processes the packet after) and the new
> mac802154_flush_queued_mac_cmds(). Drain the queue before the sdata is
> freed: from ieee802154_if_remove() after the RCU grace period (filtered
> to that sdata) and from ieee802154_unregister_hw(). The drain precedes
> cancel_work_sync() so a run that already dequeued a matching packet is
> waited out while its sdata is still alive.
>
> Fixes: d021d218f6d9 ("mac802154: Handle received BEACON_REQ")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ibrahim Hashimov <security@auditcode.ai>
> Assisted-by: AuditCode-AI:2026.07
> ---
Looks fine to me, but honestly this is flirting with the edge of my
human memory.
Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
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2026-07-22 10:16 [PATCH net v2] mac802154: lock rx_mac_cmd_list and drain it before freeing sdata Ibrahim Hashimov
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