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    hamradio: defer ax25 kfree after unregister_netdev · 3e0588c2
    Lin Ma authored
    There is a possible race condition (use-after-free) like below
    
     (USE)                       |  (FREE)
    ax25_sendmsg                 |
     ax25_queue_xmit             |
      dev_queue_xmit             |
       __dev_queue_xmit          |
        __dev_xmit_skb           |
         sch_direct_xmit         | ...
          xmit_one               |
           netdev_start_xmit     | tty_ldisc_kill
            __netdev_start_xmit  |  mkiss_close
             ax_xmit             |   kfree
              ax_encaps          |
                                 |
    
    Even though there are two synchronization primitives before the kfree:
    1. wait_for_completion(&ax->dead). This can prevent the race with
    routines from mkiss_ioctl. However, it cannot stop the routine coming
    from upper layer, i.e., the ax25_sendmsg.
    
    2. netif_stop_queue(ax->dev). It seems that this line of code aims to
    halt the transmit queue but it fails to stop the routine that already
    being xmit.
    
    This patch reorder the kfree after the unregister_netdev to avoid the
    possible UAF as the unregister_netdev() is well synchronized and won't
    return if there is a running routine.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLin Ma <linma@zju.edu.cn>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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