linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] usbnet:fix NPE during rx

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Message-ID: <2025040121-compactor-lumpiness-e615@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 14:46:38 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Ying Lu <luying526@...il.com>
Cc: oneukum@...e.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luying1 <luying1@...omi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] usbnet:fix NPE during rx_complete

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 08:48:01PM +0800, Ying Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 06:18:01PM +0800, Ying Lu wrote:
> > > From: luying1 <luying1@...omi.com>
> > >
> > > Missing usbnet_going_away Check in Critical Path.
> > > The usb_submit_urb function lacks a usbnet_going_away
> > > validation, whereas __usbnet_queue_skb includes this check.
> > >
> > > This inconsistency creates a race condition where:
> > > A URB request may succeed, but the corresponding SKB data
> > > fails to be queued.
> > >
> > > Subsequent processes:
> > > (e.g., rx_complete → defer_bh → __skb_unlink(skb, list))
> > > attempt to access skb->next, triggering a NULL pointer
> > > dereference (Kernel Panic).
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: luying1 <luying1@...omi.com>
> >
> > Please use your name, not an email alias.
> >
> OK, I have updated. please check the Patch v2
> 
> > Also, what commit id does this fix?  Should it be applied to stable
> > kernels?
> The commit  id is 04e906839a053f092ef53f4fb2d610983412b904
> (usbnet: fix cyclical race on disconnect with work queue)
> Should it be applied to stable kernels?  -- Yes

Please mark the commit with that information, you seem to have not done
so for the v2 version :(