linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [fs?] [wireless?] general protection fault in simple_recursive

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Message-ID: <CAF3JpA6FguWASZM98DWsvEasOAHH2WVkSmcY0D-V6V=-DFjoJQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:29:47 -0700
From: Moon Hee Lee <moonhee.lee.ca@...il.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: syzbot+d6ccd49ae046542a0641@...kaller.appspotmail.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] [wireless?] general protection fault in
 simple_recursive_removal (5)

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> It might paper over the specific reproducer, but that's not a fix...
> I'm not familiar with that code; will check the details, but in
> this form it is obviously still racy.

Thanks for the feedback, Al.

Agreed, this only papers over the issue. I'm tracing the
sta_info_destroy() path to confirm the race and will follow up with a
proper fix if confirmed.

-- 
moon