Re: [PATCH net-next] nfc: digital: fix use-after-free in nfc_digital_unregister_device()

From: Weiming Shi

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 14:47:09 EST


Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@xxxxxxxxx> 于2026年7月22日周三 02:07写道:
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> On 7/21/26 12:36 PM, Weiming Shi wrote:
> > nfc_digital_unregister_device() cancels cmd_work and cmd_complete_work
> > once each and then frees the command queue. The two works re-arm each
> > other: digital_wq_cmd_complete() ends with schedule_work(&ddev->cmd_work),
> > and digital_wq_cmd() hands a command to the driver whose asynchronous
> > completion schedules cmd_complete_work. cancel_work_sync() only waits for
> > the instance it cancels; it does not stop the work from being queued again.
> > A work re-armed after its cancel_work_sync() therefore runs concurrently
> > with the cmd_queue cleanup and dereferences a digital_cmd the cleanup has
> > already freed. digital_wq_cmd() widens the window by dropping cmd_lock
> > before using the command it took from the queue, while the cleanup loop
> > frees the commands without holding cmd_lock.
> >
> > It is reproducible with the software NFC simulator (CONFIG_NFC_SIM): start
> > an NFC-DEP exchange between the two nfcsim devices and unload the module
> > while it is running.
> >
> > BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in digital_wq_cmd (net/nfc/digital_core.c:174)
> > Read of size 1 by task kworker/1:5
> > Workqueue: events digital_wq_cmd
> > digital_wq_cmd (net/nfc/digital_core.c:174)
> > process_one_work
> > worker_thread
> > kthread
> >
> > Allocated by task 5124:
> > digital_send_cmd (net/nfc/digital_core.c:234)
> > digital_in_send_sdd_req
> > digital_in_recv_sens_res
> > digital_wq_cmd_complete (net/nfc/digital_core.c:134)
> >
> > Freed by task 4994:
> > kfree
> > nfc_digital_unregister_device (net/nfc/digital_core.c:859)
> > nfcsim_device_free [nfcsim]
> > nfcsim_exit [nfcsim]
> > __do_sys_delete_module
> >
> > Use disable_work_sync() instead of cancel_work_sync() for the two command
> > works. disable_work_sync() cancels the work and disables it, so any later
> > schedule_work() -- whether from the sibling work re-arming it or from the
> > driver's completion callback -- becomes a no-op. Once both works are
> > disabled no work can run, and the cleanup loop frees the queue with no work
> > able to reach a freed command.
> >
> > Fixes: 59ee2361c924 ("NFC Digital: Implement driver commands mechanism")
>
> Fix for this commit should target the net tree instead of net-next.
>
> > Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
> > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> > Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > net/nfc/digital_core.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/nfc/digital_core.c b/net/nfc/digital_core.c
> > index 7cb1e6aaae90..6def5132a4a6 100644
> > --- a/net/nfc/digital_core.c
> > +++ b/net/nfc/digital_core.c
> > @@ -843,8 +843,8 @@ void nfc_digital_unregister_device(struct nfc_digital_dev *ddev)
> > mutex_unlock(&ddev->poll_lock);
> >
> > cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ddev->poll_work);
> > - cancel_work_sync(&ddev->cmd_work);
> > - cancel_work_sync(&ddev->cmd_complete_work);
> > + disable_work_sync(&ddev->cmd_work);
> > + disable_work_sync(&ddev->cmd_complete_work);
> >
> > list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd, n, &ddev->cmd_queue, queue) {
> > list_del(&cmd->queue);
> >
> > base-commit: d4932951a19a5f1ec93200260b85e1a4c080ff77
>

Thanks, will resend as v2 against net.