Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 10:09:42AM CET, idosch@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 05:02:03PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> @@ -9645,10 +9649,13 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc_ns(const struct devlink_ops *ops, >> >> ret = xa_alloc_cyclic(&devlinks, &devlink->index, devlink, xa_limit_31b, >> &last_id, GFP_KERNEL); >> - if (ret < 0) { >> - kfree(devlink); >> - return NULL; >> - } >> + if (ret < 0) >> + goto err_xa_alloc; >> + >> + devlink->netdevice_nb.notifier_call = devlink_netdevice_event; >> + ret = register_netdevice_notifier_net(net, &devlink->netdevice_nb); >> + if (ret) >> + goto err_register_netdevice_notifier; >> >> devlink->dev = dev; >> devlink->ops = ops; >> @@ -9675,6 +9682,12 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc_ns(const struct devlink_ops *ops, >> init_completion(&devlink->comp); >> >> return devlink; >> + >> +err_register_netdevice_notifier: >> + xa_erase(&devlinks, devlink->index); >> +err_xa_alloc: >> + kfree(devlink); >> + return NULL; >> } >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_alloc_ns); >> >> @@ -9828,6 +9841,10 @@ void devlink_free(struct devlink *devlink) >> WARN_ON(!list_empty(&devlink->port_list)); >> >> xa_destroy(&devlink->snapshot_ids); >> + >> + unregister_netdevice_notifier_net(devlink_net(devlink), >> + &devlink->netdevice_nb); >> + >> xa_erase(&devlinks, devlink->index); >> >> kfree(devlink); > >The network namespace of the devlink instance can change throughout the >lifetime of the devlink instance, but the notifier block is always >registered in the initial namespace. This leads to >unregister_netdevice_notifier_net() failing to unregister the notifier >block, which leads to use-after-free. Reproduce (with KASAN enabled): > ># echo "10 0" > /sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device ># ip netns add bla ># devlink dev reload netdevsim/netdevsim10 netns bla ># echo 10 > /sys/bus/netdevsim/del_device ># ip link add dummy10 up type dummy > >I see two possible solutions: > >1. Use register_netdevice_notifier() instead of >register_netdevice_notifier_net(). > >2. Move the notifier block to the correct namespace in devlink_reload(). Yep, this was my intension, slipped my mind. Thanks! Will send a follow-up.