[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 04/15] net: pxa168_eth: Fix a potential data race in pxa168_eth_remove

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Mon Mar 29 2021 - 18:32:47 EST


From: Pavel Andrianov <andrianov@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 0571a753cb07982cc82f4a5115e0b321da89e1f3 ]

pxa168_eth_remove() firstly calls unregister_netdev(),
then cancels a timeout work. unregister_netdev() shuts down a device
interface and removes it from the kernel tables. If the timeout occurs
in parallel, the timeout work (pxa168_eth_tx_timeout_task) performs stop
and open of the device. It may lead to an inconsistent state and memory
leaks.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Pavel Andrianov <andrianov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
index ff2fea0f8b75..0d6a4e47e7a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
@@ -1564,8 +1564,8 @@ static int pxa168_eth_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

mdiobus_unregister(pep->smi_bus);
mdiobus_free(pep->smi_bus);
- unregister_netdev(dev);
cancel_work_sync(&pep->tx_timeout_task);
+ unregister_netdev(dev);
free_netdev(dev);
return 0;
}
--
2.30.1