[PATCH] wwan: wwan_hwsim: Pin module for debugfs file operations

From: Bui Viet Dung

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 09:08:13 EST


An open debugfs file retains its file_operations pointer in the
debugfs proxy state. However, wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portdestroy_fops,
wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portcreate_fops, wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devdestroy_fops,
and wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devcreate_fops in wwan_hwsim.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 wwan_hwsim module. When a userspace
process opens any of these debugfs files, a subsequent module unload
(rmmod wwan_hwsim) can succeed while the file descriptor remains open.

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: fffffbfff84f90ef
Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:full_proxy_release+0x8e/0x140
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__fput+0x357/0xaa0
fput_close_sync+0xe6/0x1a0
file_close_fd_locked+0x17e/0x2f0
do_close+0x33/0x70
__x64_sys_close+0x44/0x80
do_syscall_64+0xc3/0x590
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
</TASK>

The issue was discovered via manual code audit of wwan_hwsim.c and
reproduced on a Linux 7.3-rc6 test VM with CONFIG_WWAN_HWSIM=m.

Set .owner = THIS_MODULE on all four debugfs file_operations structures
in wwan_hwsim.c so that debugfs pins the module until close has
completed.

Fixes: 9ee23f48f670 ("wwan_hwsim: add debugfs management interface")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bui Viet Dung <dungvn2345@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c
index c3c2d2a68767..34eea3edc824 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ static ssize_t wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portdestroy_write(struct file *file,
}

static const struct file_operations wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portdestroy_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.write = wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portdestroy_write,
.open = simple_open,
.llseek = noop_llseek,
@@ -524,6 +525,7 @@ static ssize_t wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portcreate_write(struct file *file,
}

static const struct file_operations wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portcreate_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.write = wwan_hwsim_debugfs_portcreate_write,
.open = simple_open,
.llseek = noop_llseek,
@@ -545,6 +547,7 @@ static ssize_t wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devdestroy_write(struct file *file,
}

static const struct file_operations wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devdestroy_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.write = wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devdestroy_write,
.open = simple_open,
.llseek = noop_llseek,
@@ -568,6 +571,7 @@ static ssize_t wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devcreate_write(struct file *file,
}

static const struct file_operations wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devcreate_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.write = wwan_hwsim_debugfs_devcreate_write,
.open = simple_open,
.llseek = noop_llseek,
--
2.43.0