[PATCH 5.10 162/491] wifi: libertas: fix use-after-free in lbs_free_adapter()

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-13T16:49:37Z

From: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>

[ Upstream commit 03cc8f90d0537fcd4985c3319b4fafbf2e3fb1f0 ]

The lbs_free_adapter() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous)
for both command_timer and tx_lockup_timer before the structure is
freed. This is incorrect because timer_delete() does not wait for
any running timer callback to complete.

If a timer callback is executing when lbs_free_adapter() is called,
the callback will access freed memory since lbs_cfg_free() frees the
containing structure immediately after lbs_free_adapter() returns.

Both timer callbacks (lbs_cmd_timeout_handler and lbs_tx_lockup_handler)
access priv->driver_lock, priv->cur_cmd, priv->dev, and other fields,
which would all be use-after-free violations.

Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback
has completed before returning.

This bug was introduced in commit 8f641d93c38a ("libertas: detect TX
lockups and reset hardware") where del_timer() was used instead of
del_timer_sync() in the cleanup path. The command_timer has had the
same issue since the driver was first written.

Fixes: 8f641d93c38a ("libertas: detect TX lockups and reset hardware")
Fixes: 954ee164f4f4 ("[PATCH] libertas: reorganize and simplify init sequence")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260206195356.15647-1-git@danielhodges.dev
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
[ del_timer() => timer_delete_sync() ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
@@ -882,8 +882,8 @@ static void lbs_free_adapter(struct lbs_
{
lbs_free_cmd_buffer(priv);
kfifo_free(&priv->event_fifo);
- del_timer(&priv->command_timer);
- del_timer(&priv->tx_lockup_timer);
+ timer_delete_sync(&priv->command_timer);
+ timer_delete_sync(&priv->tx_lockup_timer);
del_timer(&priv->auto_deepsleep_timer);
}