[PATCH v2] RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()
From: Jeffin Philip
Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 06:32:33 EST
iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount _after_ list_add_tail()
making it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get()
on nlmsg_request causing a refcount "addition on 0" bug. Fix this
by initializing kref _before_ list_add_tail() so refcount for
nlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition,
also initialize every field before list_add_tail().
Reported-by: syzbot+bd317784d628820741b5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bd317784d628820741b5
Fixes: 30dc5e63d6a5 ("RDMA/core: Add support for iWARP Port Mapper user space service")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog:
Changes in v2:
Add list_add_tail() last after initializing every field as per Leon Romanovsky's
suggestion.
---
drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
index 5d07c5756987..51af8c1c49f9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
@@ -313,19 +313,20 @@ struct iwpm_nlmsg_request *iwpm_get_nlmsg_request(__u32 nlmsg_seq,
nlmsg_request = kzalloc_obj(struct iwpm_nlmsg_request, gfp);
if (!nlmsg_request)
return NULL;
+
kref_init(&nlmsg_request->kref);
kref_get(&nlmsg_request->kref);
-
- spin_lock_irqsave(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
- list_add_tail(&nlmsg_request->inprocess_list, &iwpm_nlmsg_req_list);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
-
nlmsg_request->nlmsg_seq = nlmsg_seq;
nlmsg_request->nl_client = nl_client;
nlmsg_request->request_done = 0;
nlmsg_request->err_code = 0;
sema_init(&nlmsg_request->sem, 1);
down(&nlmsg_request->sem);
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
+ list_add_tail(&nlmsg_request->inprocess_list, &iwpm_nlmsg_req_list);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
+
return nlmsg_request;
}
--
2.55.0