netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] nfc: llcp: Fix race in handling llcp

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Date:   Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:09:21 +0100
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     Wang ShaoBo <bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com>
Cc:     liwei391@...wei.com, sameo@...ux.intel.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] nfc: llcp: Fix race in handling llcp_devices

Hello,

On Sat, 2022-12-03 at 15:12 +0800, Wang ShaoBo wrote:
> @@ -282,9 +285,13 @@ struct nfc_llcp_local *nfc_llcp_find_local(struct nfc_dev *dev)
>  {
>  	struct nfc_llcp_local *local;
>  
> +	spin_lock(&llcp_devices_list_lock);
>  	list_for_each_entry(local, &llcp_devices, list)
> -		if (local->dev == dev)
> +		if (local->dev == dev) {
> +			spin_unlock(&llcp_devices_list_lock);

I'm sorry for not noticing the above earlier, but it looks like this is
not enough. At this point local_release() may kick in and free 'local':
the caller will experience UaF. 

You could acquire a reference here and let the caller release it.

If the above race is not possible due to some other safeguards, it
should at least be documented clearly here.

Thanks,

Paolo