[PATCH net] net/dibs: Fix UAF of dmb_clientid_arr after dibs_dev_del()

Alexandra Winter <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 10:58:48 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.stable,gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
A dibs device interrupt handler can be active after dibs_dev_del() and
may still access dmb_clientid_arr.

Free dmb_clientid_arr in dibs_dev_release() after last reference is gone.
Note that allocating in dibs_dev_add() instead of dibs_dev_alloc() is ok
for now, because no dmbs can be registered before dibs_dev_add().

Fixes: cc21191b584c ("dibs: Move data path to dibs layer")
Cc: [email protected]
Co-developed-by: Hidayath Khan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Hidayath Khan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/dibs/dibs_main.c | 14 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dibs/dibs_main.c b/drivers/dibs/dibs_main.c
index 14c3e2d84902..f059fefb09bf 100644
--- a/drivers/dibs/dibs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/dibs/dibs_main.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static void dibs_dev_release(struct device *dev)
=20
 	dibs =3D container_of(dev, struct dibs_dev, dev);
=20
+	kfree(dibs->dmb_clientid_arr);
 	kfree(dibs);
 }
=20
@@ -194,12 +195,13 @@ int dibs_dev_add(struct dibs_dev *dibs)
=20
 	ret =3D device_add(&dibs->dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto free_client_arr;
+		return ret;
=20
 	ret =3D sysfs_create_group(&dibs->dev.kobj, &dibs_dev_attr_group);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&dibs->dev, "sysfs_create_group failed for dibs_dev\n");
-		goto err_device_del;
+		device_del(&dibs->dev);
+		return ret;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&dibs_dev_list.mutex);
 	mutex_lock(&clients_lock);
@@ -214,13 +216,6 @@ int dibs_dev_add(struct dibs_dev *dibs)
 	mutex_unlock(&dibs_dev_list.mutex);
=20
 	return 0;
-
-err_device_del:
-	device_del(&dibs->dev);
-free_client_arr:
-	kfree(dibs->dmb_clientid_arr);
-	return ret;
-
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dibs_dev_add);
=20
@@ -247,7 +242,6 @@ void dibs_dev_del(struct dibs_dev *dibs)
 	mutex_unlock(&dibs_dev_list.mutex);
=20
 	device_del(&dibs->dev);
-	kfree(dibs->dmb_clientid_arr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dibs_dev_del);
=20
--=20
2.53.0