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Message-ID: <20240208150550.GK1435458@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:05:50 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev,
arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com, saeedm@...dia.com, leon@...nel.org,
davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [patch net] net/mlx5: DPLL, Fix possible use after free after
delayed work timer triggers
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 05:43:28PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
>
> I managed to hit following use after free warning recently:
...
> I didn't manage to reproduce it. Though the issue seems to be obvious.
> There is a chance that the mlx5_dpll_remove() calls
> cancel_delayed_work() when the work runs and manages to re-arm itself.
> In that case, after delay timer triggers next attempt to queue it,
> it works with freed memory.
>
> Fix this by using cancel_delayed_work_sync() instead which makes sure
> that work is done when it returns.
>
> Fixes: 496fd0a26bbf ("mlx5: Implement SyncE support using DPLL infrastructure")
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
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