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authorChengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>2026-07-19 22:57:40 +0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-07-24 16:29:20 -0700
commit817ff6efdb7f484ea547218e11e17d8e43daa3b4 (patch)
treed805831371f4124eb34a8547a03e4508e257f579 /include/linux
parenta3729e0df005a936ceb3c2b0d167f01a2b03f970 (diff)
net: pktgen: fix proc entry use-after-free
pktgen_change_name() replaces pkt_dev->entry while holding t->if_lock. pktgen_remove_device() removes the same entry before _rem_dev_from_if_list() takes that lock. This allows the following interleaving: CPU 0 (NETDEV_CHANGENAME) CPU 1 (kpktgend) if_lock(t) proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry) proc_remove(pkt_dev->entry) pkt_dev->entry = proc_create_data(...) if_unlock(t) The kthread can pass the stale proc_dir_entry to proc_remove() after the rename path has freed it. A reproducer with a widened race window reports: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in proc_remove+0x78/0x80 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881478fea70 by task kpktgend_0/67 Call Trace: proc_remove+0x78/0x80 pktgen_remove_device.isra.0+0x11c/0x4c0 pktgen_thread_worker+0x1214/0x6bc0 kthread+0x2c6/0x3b0 Allocated by task 95: __proc_create+0x204/0x790 proc_create_data+0x72/0xe0 pktgen_thread_write+0xd61/0x1510 Freed by task 28: kmem_cache_free+0xcb/0x3d0 proc_free_inode+0x5b/0x80 rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881478fea00 which belongs to the cache proc_dir_entry of size 192 Move proc_remove() into the if_lock-protected list removal helper. Keep it before list_del_rcu() to preserve the ordering required by add_device(). The rename path must then finish replacing the entry before removal, or it observes that the device is no longer on the list. Fixes: 39df232f1a9b ("[PKTGEN]: fix device name handling") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260719145740.2888967-1-nicoyip.dev@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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