[PATCH net] s390/ism: Fix UAF of sba and ieq during ism_dev_exit()

From: Alexandra Winter

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 09:11:09 EST


A ism interrupt handler can be active in parallel with ism_dev_exit(),
accessing freed data structures.

No new interrupts will be generated after unregister_ieq(). Drain ongoing
interrupt handlers by free_irq(), before freeing ism data structures.

Fixes: 684b89bc39ce ("s390/ism: add device driver for internal shared memory")
Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
index d99c588d3e00..242da20f27e0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
@@ -148,13 +148,16 @@ static int unregister_sba(struct ism_dev *ism)
if (ret && ret != ISM_ERROR)
return -EIO;

+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void ism_free_sba(struct ism_dev *ism)
+{
dma_free_coherent(&ism->pdev->dev, PAGE_SIZE,
ism->sba, ism->sba_dma_addr);

ism->sba = NULL;
ism->sba_dma_addr = 0;
-
- return 0;
}

static int unregister_ieq(struct ism_dev *ism)
@@ -168,13 +171,16 @@ static int unregister_ieq(struct ism_dev *ism)
if (ret && ret != ISM_ERROR)
return -EIO;

+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void ism_free_ieq(struct ism_dev *ism)
+{
dma_free_coherent(&ism->pdev->dev, PAGE_SIZE,
ism->ieq, ism->ieq_dma_addr);

ism->ieq = NULL;
ism->ieq_dma_addr = 0;
-
- return 0;
}

static int ism_read_local_gid(struct dibs_dev *dibs)
@@ -573,6 +579,7 @@ static int ism_dev_init(struct ism_dev *ism)

unreg_sba:
unregister_sba(ism);
+ ism_free_sba(ism);
free_irq:
free_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0), ism);
free_vectors:
@@ -585,9 +592,13 @@ static void ism_dev_exit(struct ism_dev *ism)
{
struct pci_dev *pdev = ism->pdev;

+ /* ism will only generate new IRQs while ieq & sba are registered */
unregister_ieq(ism);
unregister_sba(ism);
+ /* drain ongoing irpt handlers */
free_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0), ism);
+ ism_free_ieq(ism);
+ ism_free_sba(ism);
pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
}

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2.53.0