[PATCH v2] staging: vme_user: fake: stop tasklet before freeing its data
From: Yunshui Jiang
Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 05:31:18 EST
fake_init() arms a tasklet whose callback fake_VIRQ_tasklet()
dereferences fake_bridge and fake_bridge->driver_priv. Both fake_exit()
and the err_master error path of fake_init() free
fake_bridge->driver_priv (which embeds int_tasklet) and fake_bridge
without calling tasklet_kill(), so a pending or running tasklet may
access already-freed memory (use-after-free).
Add tasklet_kill() before the frees in both paths.
Fixes: 658bcdae9c67 ("vme: Adding Fake VME driver")
Assisted-by: Claude-Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yunshui Jiang <jiangyunshui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
index 8abaa3165fbb..074f0ca521ff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
@@ -1226,6 +1226,7 @@ static int __init fake_init(void)
kfree(master_image);
}
+ tasklet_kill(&fake_device->int_tasklet);
kfree(fake_device);
err_driver:
kfree(fake_bridge);
@@ -1283,6 +1284,8 @@ static void __exit fake_exit(void)
kfree(master_image);
}
+ tasklet_kill(&bridge->int_tasklet);
+
kfree(fake_bridge->driver_priv);
kfree(fake_bridge);
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