From cb6c99aedd2c843056a598a8907a6128cb07603b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lin Ma Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 18:37:21 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] hamradio: defer ax25 kfree after unregister_netdev commit 3e0588c291d6ce225f2b891753ca41d45ba42469 upstream. There is a possible race condition (use-after-free) like below (USE) | (FREE) ax25_sendmsg | ax25_queue_xmit | dev_queue_xmit | __dev_queue_xmit | __dev_xmit_skb | sch_direct_xmit | ... xmit_one | netdev_start_xmit | tty_ldisc_kill __netdev_start_xmit | mkiss_close ax_xmit | kfree ax_encaps | | Even though there are two synchronization primitives before the kfree: 1. wait_for_completion(&ax->dead). This can prevent the race with routines from mkiss_ioctl. However, it cannot stop the routine coming from upper layer, i.e., the ax25_sendmsg. 2. netif_stop_queue(ax->dev). It seems that this line of code aims to halt the transmit queue but it fails to stop the routine that already being xmit. This patch reorder the kfree after the unregister_netdev to avoid the possible UAF as the unregister_netdev() is well synchronized and won't return if there is a running routine. Signed-off-by: Lin Ma Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c index 8666110..5ae2d95 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c @@ -792,13 +792,14 @@ static void mkiss_close(struct tty_struct *tty) */ netif_stop_queue(ax->dev); - /* Free all AX25 frame buffers. */ - kfree(ax->rbuff); - kfree(ax->xbuff); - ax->tty = NULL; unregister_netdev(ax->dev); + + /* Free all AX25 frame buffers after unreg. */ + kfree(ax->rbuff); + kfree(ax->xbuff); + free_netdev(ax->dev); } -- 2.7.4