[PATCH] s390/tape: fix use-after-free bugs caused by tape_dnr delayed work
From: Duoming Zhou
Date: Mon Nov 03 2025 - 01:09:05 EST
The delayed work tape_dnr is initialized in tape_alloc_device(), which
is called from tape_generic_probe(), and is scheduled in the following
scenarios:
1. Starting an I/O operation fails with -EBUSY in __tape_start_io().
2. Canceling an I/O operation fails with -EBUSY in __tape_cancel_io().
3. A deferred error condition is detected in __tape_do_irq().
When the tape device is detached via tape_generic_remove(), the
tape_device structure might be deallocated after the final call to
tape_put_device(). However, if the delayed work tape_dnr is still
pending or executing at the time of detachment, it could lead to
use-after-free bugs when the work function tape_delayed_next_request()
accesses the already freed tape_device memory.
The race condition can occur as follows:
CPU 0(detach thread) | CPU 1 (delayed work)
tape_generic_remove() |
tape_put_device(device) | tape_delayed_next_request
| device = container_of(...) // USE
| device-> // USE
Add disable_delayed_work_sync() in tape_generic_remove() to guarantee
proper cancellation of the delayed work item before tape_device is
deallocated.
This bug is identified by static analysis.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c
index 6ec812280221..722dc4737a87 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ tape_generic_remove(struct ccw_device *cdev)
}
DBF_LH(3, "(%08x): tape_generic_remove(%p)\n", device->cdev_id, cdev);
+ disable_delayed_work_sync(&device->tape_dnr);
spin_lock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
switch (device->tape_state) {
case TS_INIT:
--
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