[PATCH rdma-rc] RDMA/siw: Fix use-after-free in siw_mem_id2obj()

From: Deep Shah

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 01:44:55 EST


siw_mem_id2obj() finds a siw_mem with xa_load() under rcu_read_lock()
and then takes a reference with kref_get_unless_zero(). This is only
safe if the object stays allocated until RCU readers are done with it.
siw_free_mem() frees it with kfree() as soon as the last reference is
dropped, so a lookup that races with the final put reads freed memory.

This happens when an MR is deregistered while an incoming RDMA WRITE
looks up its STag:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in siw_mem_id2obj+0xe5/0x310
Read of size 4 at addr ff110001042aed88 by task repro-rcu2/90
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
siw_mem_id2obj+0xe5/0x310
siw_proc_write+0x282/0x430
siw_tcp_rx_data+0x12e/0xbf0
__tcp_read_sock+0x12c/0x440
siw_qp_llp_data_ready+0x147/0x260
Allocated by task 89:
siw_mr_add_mem+0xb2/0x2a0
siw_reg_user_mr+0x19f/0x380
ib_uverbs_reg_mr+0x2a7/0x4c0
Freed by task 89:
kfree+0x301/0x530
siw_dereg_mr+0x31/0x50
ib_dereg_mr_user+0xb9/0x200

Free siw_mem with kfree_rcu(). A lookup that loses the race then sees
a zero refcount and fails. The umem or PBL is still released at the
last put, since a failed lookup never touches it.

Fixes: 2251334dcac9 ("rdma/siw: application buffer management")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Deep Shah <deepshah146@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw.h | 1 +
drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw.h
index dbc998248b1e..4ec9c2ac75e7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct siw_mem {
void *mem_obj;
};
struct ib_pd *pd;
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
};

struct siw_mr {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c
index 2a08817d3cce..be70dc9c8f81 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void siw_free_mem(struct kref *ref)
else
kfree(mem->pbl);
}
- kfree(mem);
+ kfree_rcu(mem, rcu);
}

/*