# Re: \[PATCH net-next\] umh: fix race condition

- From: David Miller \<davem@davemloft.net\>
- Date: 2018-06-07 20:58:00 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/06/5304247
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/06/5304013/t.md

```text
From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:23:10 -0700

> kasan reported use-after-free:
> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in call_usermodehelper_exec_work+0x2d3/0x310 kernel/umh.c:195
> Write of size 4 at addr ffff8801d9202370 by task kworker/u4:2/50
> Workqueue: events_unbound call_usermodehelper_exec_work
> Call Trace:
>  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
>  dump_stack+0x1b9/0x294 lib/dump_stack.c:113
>  print_address_description+0x6c/0x20b mm/kasan/report.c:256
>  kasan_report_error mm/kasan/report.c:354 [inline]
>  kasan_report.cold.7+0x242/0x2fe mm/kasan/report.c:412
>  __asan_report_store4_noabort+0x17/0x20 mm/kasan/report.c:437
>  call_usermodehelper_exec_work+0x2d3/0x310 kernel/umh.c:195
>  process_one_work+0xc1e/0x1b50 kernel/workqueue.c:2145
>  worker_thread+0x1cc/0x1440 kernel/workqueue.c:2279
>  kthread+0x345/0x410 kernel/kthread.c:240
>  ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:412
> 
> The reason is that 'sub_info' cannot be accessed out of parent task
> context, since it will be freed by the child.
> Instead remember the pid in the child task.
> 
> Fixes: 449325b52b7a ("umh: introduce fork_usermode_blob() helper")
> Reported-by: <redacted>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

Applied.
```