[PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: Pin module for debugfs file operations
From: Bui Viet Dung
Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 01:29:51 EST
An open debugfs file retains its file_operations pointer in the
debugfs proxy state. However, the file_operations defined by the
DEBUGFS_READONLY_FILE and DEBUGFS_RADIO_READONLY_FILE macros, as well
as ht40allow_map_ops in net/wireless/debugfs.c, have no .owner set to
THIS_MODULE.
As a result, full_proxy_open_regular() calls fops_get() which succeeds
without taking a reference to the cfg80211 module. When CONFIG_CFG80211=m
and wireless debugfs is enabled, a userspace process can open any of these
debugfs files (e.g. /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/rts_threshold or
ht40allow_map) and keep the file descriptor open while the module is
unloaded (rmmod cfg80211).
When the userspace process subsequently closes the descriptor,
full_proxy_release() accesses the already unmapped file_operations
structure, triggering a kernel oops in full_proxy_release():
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff8056f03
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:full_proxy_release+0x8e/0x140
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__fput+0x39f/0xa60
fput_close_sync+0xff/0x200
__x64_sys_close+0x8c/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
The issue was discovered via manual code audit of
net/wireless/debugfs.c.
Set .owner = THIS_MODULE on all debugfs file_operations tables in
net/wireless/debugfs.c so that debugfs pins the module until all open
file descriptors have been closed.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bui Viet Dung <dungvn2345@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/debugfs.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/wireless/debugfs.c b/net/wireless/debugfs.c
index f9e7fff1ef25..63503dbd8938 100644
--- a/net/wireless/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/wireless/debugfs.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static ssize_t name## _read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, \
} \
\
static const struct file_operations name## _ops = { \
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE, \
.read = name## _read, \
.open = simple_open, \
.llseek = generic_file_llseek, \
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ static ssize_t name## _read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, \
} \
\
static const struct file_operations name## _ops = { \
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE, \
.read = name## _read, \
.open = simple_open, \
.llseek = generic_file_llseek, \
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ static ssize_t ht40allow_map_read(struct file *file,
}
static const struct file_operations ht40allow_map_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.read = ht40allow_map_read,
.open = simple_open,
.llseek = default_llseek,
--
2.43.0