[PATCH 2/2] staging: octeon: add missing napi_disable in cvm_oct_rx_shutdown

From: Ayush Mukkanwar

Date: Sun Jun 14 2026 - 07:49:35 EST


cvm_oct_rx_shutdown calls free_irq and netif_napi_del without
disabling the napi instance first. As the free_irq only waits
for completion of hard interrupt handlers, the napi poll
function could still be active. If cvm_oct_remove proceeds to
free the plat structure (which holds the NAPI instances), the
active poll function will access freed memory, resulting in a
use-after-free crash.

Signed-off-by: Ayush Mukkanwar <ayushmukkanwar@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
index cd36b5ba6f6c..3e9d58d32156 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
@@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ void cvm_oct_rx_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
else
cvmx_write_csr(CVMX_POW_WQ_INT_THRX(i), 0);

+ napi_disable(&plat->rx_group[i].napi);
+
/* Free the interrupt handler */
free_irq(plat->rx_group[i].irq, &plat->rx_group[i].napi);

--
2.54.0