[PATCH net-next 2/3] rose: clear neighbour pointer after rose_neigh_put() in state machines

f6bvp <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:42:37 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-hams,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
After releasing a neighbour reference with rose_neigh_put() in the
ROSE state machines, the pointer in rose_sock was left dangling.
A subsequent code path could dereference the freed neighbour, causing
a use-after-free.

Set rose->neighbour to NULL immediately after each rose_neigh_put()
call in rose_state1_machine() through rose_state5_machine().

Signed-off-by: f6bvp <[email protected]>
---
 net/rose/rose_in.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/rose/rose_in.c b/net/rose/rose_in.c
index 0276b393f0e5..622527f1354f 100644
--- a/net/rose/rose_in.c
+++ b/net/rose/rose_in.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static int rose_state1_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int framety
 		rose_write_internal(sk, ROSE_CLEAR_CONFIRMATION);
 		rose_disconnect(sk, ECONNREFUSED, skb->data[3], skb->data[4]);
 		rose_neigh_put(rose->neighbour);
+		rose->neighbour = NULL;
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -80,11 +81,13 @@ static int rose_state2_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int framety
 		rose_write_internal(sk, ROSE_CLEAR_CONFIRMATION);
 		rose_disconnect(sk, 0, skb->data[3], skb->data[4]);
 		rose_neigh_put(rose->neighbour);
+		rose->neighbour = NULL;
 		break;
 
 	case ROSE_CLEAR_CONFIRMATION:
 		rose_disconnect(sk, 0, -1, -1);
 		rose_neigh_put(rose->neighbour);
+		rose->neighbour = NULL;
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ static int rose_state3_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int framety
 		rose_write_internal(sk, ROSE_CLEAR_CONFIRMATION);
 		rose_disconnect(sk, 0, skb->data[3], skb->data[4]);
 		rose_neigh_put(rose->neighbour);
+		rose->neighbour = NULL;
 		break;
 
 	case ROSE_RR:
@@ -235,6 +239,7 @@ static int rose_state4_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int framety
 		rose_write_internal(sk, ROSE_CLEAR_CONFIRMATION);
 		rose_disconnect(sk, 0, skb->data[3], skb->data[4]);
 		rose_neigh_put(rose->neighbour);
+		rose->neighbour = NULL;
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -255,6 +260,7 @@ static int rose_state5_machine(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int framety
 		rose_write_internal(sk, ROSE_CLEAR_CONFIRMATION);
 		rose_disconnect(sk, 0, skb->data[3], skb->data[4]);
 		rose_neigh_put(rose_sk(sk)->neighbour);
+		rose_sk(sk)->neighbour = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.51.0