4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit c433570458e49bccea5c551df628d058b3526289 ] There are multiple issues here: 1. After freeing dev->ax25_ptr, we need to set it to NULL otherwise we may use a dangling pointer. 2. There is a race between ax25_setsockopt() and device notifier as reported by syzbot. Close it by holding RTNL lock. 3. We need to test if dev->ax25_ptr is NULL before using it. Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+ae6bb869cbed29b29040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ax25/af_ax25.c | 11 +++++++++-- net/ax25/ax25_dev.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c +++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c @@ -654,15 +654,22 @@ static int ax25_setsockopt(struct socket break; } - dev = dev_get_by_name(&init_net, devname); + rtnl_lock(); + dev = __dev_get_by_name(&init_net, devname); if (!dev) { + rtnl_unlock(); res = -ENODEV; break; } ax25->ax25_dev = ax25_dev_ax25dev(dev); + if (!ax25->ax25_dev) { + rtnl_unlock(); + res = -ENODEV; + break; + } ax25_fillin_cb(ax25, ax25->ax25_dev); - dev_put(dev); + rtnl_unlock(); break; default: --- a/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c +++ b/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c @@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ void ax25_dev_device_down(struct net_dev if ((s = ax25_dev_list) == ax25_dev) { ax25_dev_list = s->next; spin_unlock_bh(&ax25_dev_lock); + dev->ax25_ptr = NULL; dev_put(dev); kfree(ax25_dev); return; @@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ void ax25_dev_device_down(struct net_dev if (s->next == ax25_dev) { s->next = ax25_dev->next; spin_unlock_bh(&ax25_dev_lock); + dev->ax25_ptr = NULL; dev_put(dev); kfree(ax25_dev); return;