This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled xirc2ps_cs: Fix use after free bug in xirc2ps_detach to the 6.1-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: xirc2ps_cs-fix-use-after-free-bug-in-xirc2ps_detach.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 343ba6ba0b6f2d7f23751ed48c6243dbb3ebdc87 Author: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri Mar 17 00:15:26 2023 +0800 xirc2ps_cs: Fix use after free bug in xirc2ps_detach [ Upstream commit e8d20c3ded59a092532513c9bd030d1ea66f5f44 ] In xirc2ps_probe, the local->tx_timeout_task was bounded with xirc2ps_tx_timeout_task. When timeout occurs, it will call xirc_tx_timeout->schedule_work to start the work. When we call xirc2ps_detach to remove the driver, there may be a sequence as follows: Stop responding to timeout tasks and complete scheduled tasks before cleanup in xirc2ps_detach, which will fix the problem. CPU0 CPU1 |xirc2ps_tx_timeout_task xirc2ps_detach | free_netdev | kfree(dev); | | | do_reset | //use dev Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xircom/xirc2ps_cs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xircom/xirc2ps_cs.c index 894e92ef415b9..9f505cf02d965 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xircom/xirc2ps_cs.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xircom/xirc2ps_cs.c @@ -503,6 +503,11 @@ static void xirc2ps_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link) { struct net_device *dev = link->priv; + struct local_info *local = netdev_priv(dev); + + netif_carrier_off(dev); + netif_tx_disable(dev); + cancel_work_sync(&local->tx_timeout_task); dev_dbg(&link->dev, "detach\n");