As the endpoint is unregistered there might still be work pending to handle incoming messages, which will result in a use after free scenario. The plan is to remove the rx_worker, but until then (and for stable@) ensure that the work is stopped before the node is freed. Fixes: bdabad3e363d ("net: Add Qualcomm IPC router") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/qrtr/qrtr.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c index 6c8b0f6d28f9..88f98f27ad88 100644 --- a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c +++ b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static void __qrtr_node_release(struct kref *kref) list_del(&node->item); mutex_unlock(&qrtr_node_lock); + cancel_work_sync(&node->work); skb_queue_purge(&node->rx_queue); kfree(node); } -- 2.18.0