Re: [PATCH v4] net: ravb: Fix possible UAF bug in ravb_remove

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue Aug 29 2023 - 09:48:05 EST


On Tue, 15 Aug 2023, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jul 2023, Zheng Wang wrote:
>
> > In ravb_probe, priv->work was bound with ravb_tx_timeout_work.
> > If timeout occurs, it will start the work. And if we call
> > ravb_remove without finishing the work, there may be a
> > use-after-free bug on ndev.
> >
> > Fix it by finishing the job before cleanup in ravb_remove.
> >
> > Note that this bug is found by static analysis, it might be
> > false positive.
> >
> > Fixes: c156633f1353 ("Renesas Ethernet AVB driver proper")
> > Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v4:
> > - add information about the bug was found suggested by Yunsheng Lin
> > v3:
> > - fix typo in commit message
> > v2:
> > - stop dev_watchdog so that handle no more timeout work suggested by Yunsheng Lin,
> > add an empty line to make code clear suggested by Sergey Shtylyov
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> Trying my best not to sound like a broken record, but ...
>
> What's the latest with this fix? Is a v5 en route?

Any update please Zheng Wang?

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]