This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled nfc: virtual_ncidev: Add variable to check if ndev is running to the 6.6-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: nfc-virtual_ncidev-add-variable-to-check-if-ndev-is-.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 098e83c907b3fc6348d20443751e63c3e1fb6935 Author: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Nov 21 15:53:57 2023 +0800 nfc: virtual_ncidev: Add variable to check if ndev is running [ Upstream commit 84d2db91f14a32dc856a5972e3f0907089093c7a ] syzbot reported an memory leak that happens when an skb is add to send_buff after virtual nci closed. This patch adds a variable to track if the ndev is running before handling new skb in send function. Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+6eb09d75211863f15e3e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/00000000000075472b06007df4fb@xxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Bongsu Jeon Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c b/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c index b027be0b0b6ff..590b038e449e5 100644 --- a/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c +++ b/drivers/nfc/virtual_ncidev.c @@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ struct virtual_nci_dev { struct mutex mtx; struct sk_buff *send_buff; struct wait_queue_head wq; + bool running; }; static int virtual_nci_open(struct nci_dev *ndev) { + struct virtual_nci_dev *vdev = nci_get_drvdata(ndev); + + vdev->running = true; return 0; } @@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ static int virtual_nci_close(struct nci_dev *ndev) mutex_lock(&vdev->mtx); kfree_skb(vdev->send_buff); vdev->send_buff = NULL; + vdev->running = false; mutex_unlock(&vdev->mtx); return 0; @@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ static int virtual_nci_send(struct nci_dev *ndev, struct sk_buff *skb) struct virtual_nci_dev *vdev = nci_get_drvdata(ndev); mutex_lock(&vdev->mtx); - if (vdev->send_buff) { + if (vdev->send_buff || !vdev->running) { mutex_unlock(&vdev->mtx); kfree_skb(skb); return -1;