From e2c69490dda5d4c9f1bfbb2898989c8f3530e354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guenter Roeck Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 13:18:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix handling of messages with provided receive message pointer Prior to commit b52da4054ee0 ("ipmi: Rework user message limit handling"), i_ipmi_request() used to increase the user reference counter if the receive message is provided by the caller of IPMI API functions. This is no longer the case. However, ipmi_free_recv_msg() is still called and decreases the reference counter. This results in the reference counter reaching zero, the user data pointer is released, and all kinds of interesting crashes are seen. Fix the problem by increasing user reference counter if the receive message has been provided by the caller. Fixes: b52da4054ee0 ("ipmi: Rework user message limit handling") Reported-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Greg Thelen Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Message-ID: <20251006201857.3433837-1-linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c index a0b67a35a5f04..3700ab4eba3e7 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c @@ -2301,8 +2301,11 @@ static int i_ipmi_request(struct ipmi_user *user, if (supplied_recv) { recv_msg = supplied_recv; recv_msg->user = user; - if (user) + if (user) { atomic_inc(&user->nr_msgs); + /* The put happens when the message is freed. */ + kref_get(&user->refcount); + } } else { recv_msg = ipmi_alloc_recv_msg(user); if (IS_ERR(recv_msg)) -- 2.47.3