[PATCH] net/ncsi: use kfree_rcu_mightsleep for RCU-protected list entries

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Wed Nov 11 2026 - 11:08:34 EST


From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

ncsi_remove_channel(), ncsi_remove_package(), and ncsi_unregister_dev()
each call list_del_rcu() to remove an entry from an RCU-protected list,
then immediately call kfree(). Concurrent RCU readers traversing the
list may still hold references to the freed object.

A similar pattern was already fixed in the VLAN list, but these three
sites were missed.

Replace kfree() with kfree_rcu_mightsleep() to defer the free until
after an RCU grace period.

Fixes: 2d283bdd5b20 ("net/ncsi: Package and channel management")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
index 54d0df0a9efe6..64274a5058346 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void ncsi_remove_channel(struct ncsi_channel *nc)
np->channel_num--;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);

- kfree(nc);
+ kfree_rcu_mightsleep(nc);
}

struct ncsi_package *ncsi_find_package(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp,
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void ncsi_remove_package(struct ncsi_package *np)
ndp->package_num--;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ndp->lock, flags);

- kfree(np);
+ kfree_rcu_mightsleep(np);
}

void ncsi_find_package_and_channel(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp,
@@ -1969,6 +1969,6 @@ void ncsi_unregister_dev(struct ncsi_dev *nd)

disable_work_sync(&ndp->work);

- kfree(ndp);
+ kfree_rcu_mightsleep(ndp);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ncsi_unregister_dev);
--
2.47.3