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From: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
	Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6.19.y] wifi: virt_wifi: remove SET_NETDEV_DEV to avoid use-after-free
Date: Wed,  8 Apr 2026 17:06:05 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408140620.54527-1-alex.popov@linux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026040715-good-overture-8018@gregkh>

Currently we execute `SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &priv->lowerdev->dev)` for
the virt_wifi net devices. However, unregistering a virt_wifi device in
netdev_run_todo() can happen together with the device referenced by
SET_NETDEV_DEV().

It can result in use-after-free during the ethtool operations performed
on a virt_wifi device that is currently being unregistered. Such a net
device can have the `dev.parent` field pointing to the freed memory,
but ethnl_ops_begin() calls `pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev.parent)`.

Let's remove SET_NETDEV_DEV for virt_wifi to avoid bugs like this:

 ==================================================================
 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
 Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810cfc46f8 by task pm/606

 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  dump_stack_lvl+0x4d/0x70
  print_report+0x170/0x4f3
  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
  kasan_report+0xda/0x110
  ? __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
  ? __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
  __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
  ethnl_ops_begin+0x49/0x270
  ethnl_set_features+0x23c/0xab0
  ? __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10
  ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20
  ? local_clock_noinstr+0xf/0xf0
  ? local_clock+0x10/0x30
  ? kasan_save_track+0x25/0x60
  ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
  ? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.0+0x150/0x2c0
  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1e7/0x2c0
  ? __pfx_genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_cred_has_capability.isra.0+0x10/0x10
  ? stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0
  genl_rcv_msg+0x411/0x660
  ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x121/0x380
  ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_netlink_rcv_skb+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_down_read+0x10/0x10
  genl_rcv+0x23/0x30
  netlink_unicast+0x60f/0x830
  ? __pfx_netlink_unicast+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx___alloc_skb+0x10/0x10
  netlink_sendmsg+0x6ea/0xbc0
  ? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? __futex_queue+0x10b/0x1f0
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x7a2/0x950
  ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x26b/0x430
  ? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_copy_msghdr_from_user+0x10/0x10
  ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180
  ? __pfx____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_futex_wait+0x10/0x10
  ? fdget+0x2e4/0x4a0
  __sys_sendmsg+0x11f/0x1c0
  ? __pfx___sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  do_syscall_64+0xe2/0x570
  ? exc_page_fault+0x66/0xb0
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
  </TASK>

This fix may be combined with another one in the ethtool subsystem:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260322075917.254874-1-alex.popov@linux.com/T/#u

Fixes: d43c65b05b848e0b ("ethtool: runtime-resume netdev parent in ethnl_ops_begin")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260324224607.374327-1-alex.popov@linux.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit 789b06f9f39cdc7e895bdab2c034e39c41c8f8d6)
---
 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c
index 4eae89376feb..cd6b66242bff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/virt_wifi.c
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ static int virt_wifi_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
 	eth_hw_addr_inherit(dev, priv->lowerdev);
 	netif_stacked_transfer_operstate(priv->lowerdev, dev);
 
-	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &priv->lowerdev->dev);
 	dev->ieee80211_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev->ieee80211_ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!dev->ieee80211_ptr) {
-- 
2.53.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-08 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-07 11:14 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] wifi: virt_wifi: remove SET_NETDEV_DEV to avoid" failed to apply to 6.19-stable tree gregkh
2026-04-08  6:10 ` [PATCH] wifi: virt_wifi: remove SET_NETDEV_DEV to avoid use-after-free Alexander Popov
2026-04-08 14:06 ` Alexander Popov [this message]

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