This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: pxa168_eth: Fix a potential data race in pxa168_eth_remove
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-pxa168_eth-fix-a-potential-data-race-in-pxa168_e.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit a7172ba5a18f4e69fbdcd48663565dafa61706c1
Author: Pavel Andrianov <andrianov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Mar 10 11:10:46 2021 +0300
net: pxa168_eth: Fix a potential data race in pxa168_eth_remove
[ Upstream commit 0571a753cb07982cc82f4a5115e0b321da89e1f3 ]
pxa168_eth_remove() firstly calls unregister_netdev(),
then cancels a timeout work. unregister_netdev() shuts down a device
interface and removes it from the kernel tables. If the timeout occurs
in parallel, the timeout work (pxa168_eth_tx_timeout_task) performs stop
and open of the device. It may lead to an inconsistent state and memory
leaks.
Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
Signed-off-by: Pavel Andrianov <andrianov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
index 7ace07dad6a3..9986f88618bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
@@ -1577,8 +1577,8 @@ static int pxa168_eth_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
mdiobus_unregister(pep->smi_bus);
mdiobus_free(pep->smi_bus);
- unregister_netdev(dev);
cancel_work_sync(&pep->tx_timeout_task);
+ unregister_netdev(dev);
free_netdev(dev);
return 0;
}
