Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Fix Use-After-Free in ncsi_remove_channel/package

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 12:29:42AM +0800, Wong Boon Jhee wrote:
> From af39fbef05b309b7e183690dbb7e63295ff0be5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Wong Boon Jhee <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:25:47 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Fix Use-After-Free in NCSI channel and package
>  removal
> 
> In net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c, ncsi_remove_channel() and
> ncsi_remove_package() remove objects from an RCU-protected linked list
> using list_del_rcu() and immediately free them using kfree().
> 
> Because there is no call to synchronize_rcu() or kfree_rcu(), concurrent
> readers traversing these lists under rcu_read_lock() (such as Netlink
> dump handlers) can still hold a valid pointer to the object. When kfree()
> executes, the reader is left holding a dangling pointer to freed memory,
> resulting in a slab-use-after-free.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by replacing kfree() with kfree_rcu(), which
> defers the memory freeing until all pre-existing RCU readers have finished
> their critical sections. To support this, a struct rcu_head has been
> added to struct ncsi_channel, struct ncsi_package, and struct ncsi_dev_priv.
> 
> KASAN confirms the freed object belongs to the kmalloc-96 cache, and the
> fix completely eliminates the crash.
> 
> Fixes: 2d283bdd079c ("net/ncsi: Resource management")
> Signed-off-by: Wong Boon Jhee <[email protected]>

Thanks for your patch.
Unfortunately, it does not seem to apply.

Please:

1. Rebase the patch on the current net tree

2. Target that tree when you resubmit the patch

   Subject: [PATCH net v2] ...

3. Include a changelog that describes this change

The b4 tool can help you.

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