Re: [PATCH] net: seeq: Fix use after free vulnerability in ether3 Driver Due to Race Condition

[Simon Horman]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 01:58:21AM +0800, Kaixin Wang wrote:
> In the ether3_probe function, a timer is initialized with a callback
> function ether3_ledoff, bound to &prev(dev)->timer. Once the timer is
> started, there is a risk of a race condition if the module or device
> is removed, triggering the ether3_remove function to perform cleanup.
> The sequence of operations that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:
> 
> CPU0                                    CPU1
> 
>                       |  ether3_ledoff
> ether3_remove         |
>   free_netdev(dev);   |
>   put_devic           |
>   kfree(dev);         |
>  |  ether3_outw(priv(dev)->regs.config2 |= CFG2_CTRLO, REG_CONFIG2);
>                       | // use dev
> 
> Fix it by ensuring that the timer is canceled before proceeding with
> the cleanup in ether3_remove.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kaixin Wang <kxwang23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This seems like it is a bug fix to me.  If so, it should have a Fixes tag
(immediately above your Signed-off-by line, no blank line in between). And
be targeted at net.

	Subject: [PATCH net] ...

Unless the bug only exists in net-next.

	Subject: [PATCH net-next] ...

Link: https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html

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