The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x fd819ad3ecf6f3c232a06b27423ce9ed8c20da89 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2024040506-earmark-skydiver-ab1c@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From fd819ad3ecf6f3c232a06b27423ce9ed8c20da89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:50:23 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] ax25: fix use-after-free bugs caused by ax25_ds_del_timer When the ax25 device is detaching, the ax25_dev_device_down() calls ax25_ds_del_timer() to cleanup the slave_timer. When the timer handler is running, the ax25_ds_del_timer() that calls del_timer() in it will return directly. As a result, the use-after-free bugs could happen, one of the scenarios is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | ax25_ds_timeout() ax25_dev_device_down() | ax25_ds_del_timer() | del_timer() | ax25_dev_put() //FREE | | ax25_dev-> //USE In order to mitigate bugs, when the device is detaching, use timer_shutdown_sync() to stop the timer. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240329015023.9223-1-duoming@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c b/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c index c5462486dbca..282ec581c072 100644 --- a/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c +++ b/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void ax25_dev_device_down(struct net_device *dev) spin_lock_bh(&ax25_dev_lock); #ifdef CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE - ax25_ds_del_timer(ax25_dev); + timer_shutdown_sync(&ax25_dev->dama.slave_timer); #endif /*