Syzbot reported use-after-free Read in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb(). The problem was in incorrect htc_handle->drv_priv initialization. Probable call trace which can trigger use-after-free: ath9k_htc_probe_device() /* htc_handle->drv_priv = priv; */ ath9k_htc_wait_for_target() <--- Failed ieee80211_free_hw() <--- priv pointer is freed <IRQ> ... ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb() ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() RX_STAT_INC() <--- htc_handle->drv_priv access In order to not add fancy protection for drv_priv we can move htc_handle->drv_priv initialization at the end of the ath9k_htc_probe_device() and add helper macro to make all *_STAT_* macros NULL save. Also, I made whitespaces clean ups in *_STAT_* macros definitions to make checkpatch.pl happy. Fixes: fb9987d0f748 ("ath9k_htc: Support for AR9271 chipset.") Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+03110230a11411024147@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx> --- Hi, ath9k maintainer/developers! I know, that you do not like changes, that wasn't tested on real hardware. I really don't access to this one, so I'd like you to test it on real hardware piece, if you have one. At least, this patch was tested by syzbot [1] [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=6ead44e37afb6866ac0c7dd121b4ce07cb665f60 --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h | 11 ++++++----- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h index 0a1634238e67..c16b2a482e83 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h @@ -326,11 +326,12 @@ static inline struct ath9k_htc_tx_ctl *HTC_SKB_CB(struct sk_buff *skb) #ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC_DEBUGFS -#define TX_STAT_INC(c) (hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.tx_stats.c++) -#define TX_STAT_ADD(c, a) (hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.tx_stats.c += a) -#define RX_STAT_INC(c) (hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.skbrx_stats.c++) -#define RX_STAT_ADD(c, a) (hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.skbrx_stats.c += a) -#define CAB_STAT_INC priv->debug.tx_stats.cab_queued++ +#define __STAT_SAVE(expr) (hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv ? (expr) : 0) +#define TX_STAT_INC(c) __STAT_SAVE(hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.tx_stats.c++) +#define TX_STAT_ADD(c, a) __STAT_SAVE(hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.tx_stats.c += a) +#define RX_STAT_INC(c) __STAT_SAVE(hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.skbrx_stats.c++) +#define RX_STAT_ADD(c, a) __STAT_SAVE(hif_dev->htc_handle->drv_priv->debug.skbrx_stats.c += a) +#define CAB_STAT_INC (priv->debug.tx_stats.cab_queued++) #define TX_QSTAT_INC(q) (priv->debug.tx_stats.queue_stats[q]++) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c index ff61ae34ecdf..07ac88fb1c57 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c @@ -944,7 +944,6 @@ int ath9k_htc_probe_device(struct htc_target *htc_handle, struct device *dev, priv->hw = hw; priv->htc = htc_handle; priv->dev = dev; - htc_handle->drv_priv = priv; SET_IEEE80211_DEV(hw, priv->dev); ret = ath9k_htc_wait_for_target(priv); @@ -965,6 +964,8 @@ int ath9k_htc_probe_device(struct htc_target *htc_handle, struct device *dev, if (ret) goto err_init; + htc_handle->drv_priv = priv; + return 0; err_init: -- 2.32.0