Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2026-03-14

Re: [PATCH net,v2] net: mana: fix use-after-free in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() by reordering teardown

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2026-03-14 17:50:10
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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]:

On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:22:04 -0700 you wrote:
A potential race condition exists in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() where
hwc->caller_ctx is freed before the HWC's Completion Queue (CQ) and
Event Queue (EQ) are destroyed. This allows an in-flight CQ interrupt
handler to dereference freed memory, leading to a use-after-free or
NULL pointer dereference in mana_hwc_handle_resp().

mana_smc_teardown_hwc() signals the hardware to stop but does not
synchronize against IRQ handlers already executing on other CPUs. The
IRQ synchronization only happens in mana_hwc_destroy_cq() via
mana_gd_destroy_eq() -> mana_gd_deregister_irq(). Since this runs
after kfree(hwc->caller_ctx), a concurrent mana_hwc_rx_event_handler()
can dereference freed caller_ctx (and rxq->msg_buf) in
mana_hwc_handle_resp().

[...]
Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] net: mana: fix use-after-free in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() by reordering teardown
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/fa103fc8f569

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