[PATCH net] net: wwan: iosm: fix potential use after free in ipc_imem_cleanup()
From: Abdun Nihaal
Date: Tue May 19 2026 - 02:53:24 EST
During cleanup, the ipc_protocol_deinit() is called before the tasklets
are cleaned up. The tasklets may concurrently access the memory
allocated for ipc_protocol and so it could result in a use-after-free.
Fix that by moving ipc_protocol_deinit() after ipc_task_deinit().
Fixes: 3670970dd8c6 ("net: iosm: shared memory IPC interface")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Compile tested only. Not tested on hardware.
drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
index 4405c8531888..939364daf5c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
@@ -1256,8 +1256,8 @@ void ipc_imem_cleanup(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem)
ipc_imem_device_ipc_uninit(ipc_imem);
ipc_imem_channel_reset(ipc_imem);
- ipc_protocol_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_protocol);
ipc_task_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_task);
+ ipc_protocol_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_protocol);
kfree(ipc_imem->ipc_task);
kfree(ipc_imem->mmio);
--
2.43.0