linux-kernel - RE: [iwl-net] ixgbe: fix too early devlink_free() in ixgbe

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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 07:53:54 +0000
From: "Jagielski, Jedrzej" <jedrzej.jagielski@...el.com>
To: Koichiro Den <den@...inux.co.jp>, "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org"
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CC: "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, "Kitszel, Przemyslaw"
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Subject: RE: [iwl-net] ixgbe: fix too early devlink_free() in ixgbe_remove()

From: Koichiro Den <den@...inux.co.jp> 
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 4:06 AM

>Since ixgbe_adapter is embedded in devlink, calling devlink_free()
>prematurely in the ixgbe_remove() path can sometimes lead to UAF.
>
>Move the devlink cleanup steps to the end. KASAN report:
>
> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ixgbe_reset_interrupt_capability+0x140/0x180 [ixgbe]
> Read of size 8 at addr ffff0000adf813e0 by task bash/2095
> CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2095 Comm: bash Tainted: G S  6.17.0-rc2-tnguy.net-queue+ #1 PREEMPT(full)
> [...]
> Call trace:
>  show_stack+0x30/0x90 (C)
>  dump_stack_lvl+0x9c/0xd0
>  print_address_description.constprop.0+0x90/0x310
>  print_report+0x104/0x1f0
>  kasan_report+0x88/0x180
>  __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x30
>  ixgbe_reset_interrupt_capability+0x140/0x180 [ixgbe]
>  ixgbe_clear_interrupt_scheme+0xf8/0x130 [ixgbe]
>  ixgbe_remove+0x2d0/0x8c0 [ixgbe]
>  pci_device_remove+0xa0/0x220
>  device_remove+0xb8/0x170
>  device_release_driver_internal+0x318/0x490
>  device_driver_detach+0x40/0x68
>  unbind_store+0xec/0x118
>  drv_attr_store+0x64/0xb8
>  sysfs_kf_write+0xcc/0x138
>  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x294/0x440
>  new_sync_write+0x1fc/0x588
>  vfs_write+0x480/0x6a0
>  ksys_write+0xf0/0x1e0
>  __arm64_sys_write+0x70/0xc0
>  invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0xcc/0x280
>  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xa8/0x248
>  do_el0_svc+0x44/0x68
>  el0_svc+0x54/0x160
>  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8
>  el0t_64_sync+0x1b0/0x1b8
>
>Fixes: a0285236ab93 ("ixgbe: add initial devlink support")
>Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@...inux.co.jp>
>---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
>index 80e6a2ef1350..2b1f3104164c 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
>@@ -12090,10 +12090,6 @@ static void ixgbe_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> 	if (netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
> 		unregister_netdev(netdev);
> 
>-	devl_port_unregister(&adapter->devlink_port);
>-	devl_unlock(adapter->devlink);
>-	devlink_free(adapter->devlink);
>-
> 	ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload(adapter);
> 	ixgbe_clear_interrupt_scheme(adapter);
> 
>@@ -12125,6 +12121,10 @@ static void ixgbe_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> 
> 	if (disable_dev)
> 		pci_disable_device(pdev);
>+
>+	devl_port_unregister(&adapter->devlink_port);
>+	devl_unlock(adapter->devlink);
>+	devlink_free(adapter->devlink);

Thanks for finding and fixing!
I'm fine with putting devlink_free at the very end of ixgbe_remove,
but wouldn't be moving only devlink_free enough?


> }
> 
> /**
>-- 
>2.48.1