From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxx> commit 212253367dc7b49ed3fc194ce71b0992eacaecf2 upstream. This patch fixes a potential use-after-free bug in cifs_echo_request(). For instance, thread 1 -------- cifs_demultiplex_thread() clean_demultiplex_info() kfree(server) thread 2 (workqueue) -------- apic_timer_interrupt() smp_apic_timer_interrupt() irq_exit() __do_softirq() run_timer_softirq() call_timer_fn() cifs_echo_request() <- use-after-free in server ptr Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@xxxxxx> CC: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ static void clean_demultiplex_info(struc list_del_init(&server->tcp_ses_list); spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&server->echo); + spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock); server->tcpStatus = CifsExiting; spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);