Re: [PATCH V6] virtio-net: fix the race between refill work and close

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Wed Jul 27 2022 - 08:31:05 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:21:59 +0800 you wrote:
> We try using cancel_delayed_work_sync() to prevent the work from
> enabling NAPI. This is insufficient since we don't disable the source
> of the refill work scheduling. This means an NAPI poll callback after
> cancel_delayed_work_sync() can schedule the refill work then can
> re-enable the NAPI that leads to use-after-free [1].
>
> Since the work can enable NAPI, we can't simply disable NAPI before
> calling cancel_delayed_work_sync(). So fix this by introducing a
> dedicated boolean to control whether or not the work could be
> scheduled from NAPI.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [V6] virtio-net: fix the race between refill work and close
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/5a159128faff

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