Re: [PATCH net] ppp: defer channel free to an RCU grace period to fix pppol2tp RX UAF

On 2026-07-01 14:14:39 [+0200], Norbert Szetei wrote:
> --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
> @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct channel {
>  	struct list_head clist;		/* link in list of channels per unit */
>  	spinlock_t	upl;		/* protects `ppp' and 'bridge' */
>  	struct channel __rcu *bridge;	/* "bridged" ppp channel */
> +	struct rcu_head	rcu;		/* for RCU-deferred free of the channel */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK
>  	u8		avail;		/* flag used in multilink stuff */
>  	u8		had_frag;	/* >= 1 fragments have been sent */
> @@ -3583,7 +3584,7 @@ static void ppp_release_channel(struct channel *pch)
>  	}
>  	skb_queue_purge(&pch->file.xq);
>  	skb_queue_purge(&pch->file.rq);
> -	kfree(pch);
> +	kfree_rcu(pch, rcu);

From looking at ppp_input(), what ensures that the skb in-flight is not
added skb_queue which is purged above?

>  }

Sebastian