Re: [PATCH] tty: ipwireless: Fix use-after-free in tasklet during device removal

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Feb 08, 2026 at 02:25:38PM +0800, Duoming Zhou wrote:
> When IPWireless PCMCIA card is being detached, the ipw_hardware is
> deallocated in ipwireless_hardware_free(). However, the hw->tasklet may
> still be running or pending, leading to use-after-free bugs when the
> already freed ipw_hardware is accessed again in ipwireless_do_tasklet().

Nice, do you have this hardware to test this with?


> 
> One race condition scenario is as follows:
> 
> CPU 0 (cleanup)               | CPU 1 (interrupt)
> ipwireless_hardware_free()    | ipwireless_interrupt()
>   ipwireless_stop_interrupts()|   ipwireless_handle_v1_interrupt()
>     do_close_hardware()       |     tasklet_schedule()
>       synchronize_irq()       |
>   kfree(hw) //FREE            | ipwireless_do_tasklet() //handler
>                               |   hw = from_tasklet() //USE
>                               |   hw-> //USE
> 
> Fix this by ensuring hw->tasklet is properly canceled before ipw_hardware
> is released. Add tasklet_kill() in ipwireless_stop_interrupts() to
> synchronize with any pending or running tasklet. Since do_close_hardware()
> could prevent further interrupts, place tasklet_kill() after it to avoid
> the tasklet being rescheduled by ipwireless_interrupt().

How was this issue found and tested?

> Fixes: 099dc4fb6265 ("ipwireless: driver for PC Card 3G/UMTS modem")
> Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx>

No CC: stable?  Why not?

thanks,

greg k-h