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amt: fix use-after-free in AMT delayed works
authorShihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:39:19 +0000 (19:39 +0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:35 +0000 (07:00 -0700)
commitea20c44935d6142daecfa9b39d635033a7553e1b
tree8723a33edd251ec6e448ffe6ae72c95ca66547ae
parent249447ff83967980ed6751660665cc682ff84e0c
amt: fix use-after-free in AMT delayed works

When an AMT device is removed, pending delayed works can still access
the freed amt_dev structure, which may result in kernel crashes or
memory corruption.

amt_dev_stop() cancels req_wq and discovery_wq with
cancel_delayed_work_sync(), but these works can be scheduled again
from event_wq after the cancellation. This allows delayed works to
access the freed amt_dev structure after the netdev has been released.

The following is a simple race scenario:

CPU0                         CPU1

amt_dev_stop()
cancel_delayed_work_sync()
                             amt_event_work()
                             mod_delayed_work(req_wq)
free netdev
                             req_wq accesses freed amt_dev

Use disable_delayed_work_sync() in amt_dev_stop() to prevent req_wq and
discovery_wq from being queued again and wait for running work items
to complete.

The delayed works are disabled after initialization in
amt_newlink() and enabled only when the device is successfully opened.
This keeps the delayed work lifecycle synchronized with the lifetime
of the AMT device.

Fixes: cbc21dc1cfe9 ("amt: add data plane of amt interface")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722113919.7723-1-shlomojune6@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/amt.c