From d04adff6860587e843948b0c31174f8ae11b8dfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Patel Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 14:58:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] genirq: Defer kfree(irqaction) until irq_thread_dtor() finishes When an interrupt thread exits abnormally via do_exit() (e.g. the interrupt handler oopses) without returning from irq_thread(), a concurrent call to free_irq() could free the irqaction before the irq_thread_dtor() exit task work runs. irq thread (oopsed) free_irq() ------------------- ---------- do_exit() exit_mm() complete_vfork_done() -------> kthread_stop() returns exit_files() ... kfree(action) exit_task_work() irq_thread_dtor() action->... <- use-after-free Track the pending exit work with the IRQTF_EXIT_WORK thread flag, and have __free_irq() wait for the bit to clear before kfree(). irq_thread_dtor() only runs on irq_thread abnormal exit. If that dtor also faults, free_irq() will hang indefinitely, but double IRQ thread faults require a reboot anyways. [ tglx: Add missing include ] Fixes: ed3e694d78cc ("move exit_task_work() past exit_files() et.al.") Signed-off-by: Richard Patel Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261009145842.1616117-2-ripatel@wii.dev --- kernel/irq/internals.h | 2 ++ kernel/irq/manage.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h index 0ce21dd45404..2c30e7537987 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/internals.h +++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern struct irqaction chained_action; * IRQTF_AFFINITY - irq thread is requested to adjust affinity * IRQTF_FORCED_THREAD - irq action is force threaded * IRQTF_READY - signals that irq thread is ready + * IRQTF_EXIT_WORK - irq thread exit task_work is pending */ enum { IRQTF_RUNTHREAD, @@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ enum { IRQTF_AFFINITY, IRQTF_FORCED_THREAD, IRQTF_READY, + IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, }; /* diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c index 57eff26fa646..87a2476ea259 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include "internals.h" @@ -1176,17 +1177,14 @@ void wake_threads_waitq(struct irq_desc *desc) wake_up(&desc->wait_for_threads); } -static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused) +static void __irq_thread_dtor(struct irqaction *action) { struct task_struct *tsk = current; struct irq_desc *desc; - struct irqaction *action; if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_EXITING))) return; - action = kthread_data(tsk); - pr_err("exiting task \"%s\" (%d) is an active IRQ thread (irq %d)\n", tsk->comm, tsk->pid, action->irq); @@ -1203,6 +1201,14 @@ static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused) irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action); } +static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused) +{ + struct irqaction *action = kthread_data(current); + + __irq_thread_dtor(action); + clear_and_wake_up_bit(IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, &action->thread_flags); +} + static void irq_wake_secondary(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action) { struct irqaction *secondary = action->secondary; @@ -1263,6 +1269,7 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data) else handler_fn = irq_thread_fn; + set_bit(IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, &action->thread_flags); init_task_work(&on_exit_work, irq_thread_dtor); task_work_add(current, &on_exit_work, TWA_NONE); @@ -1283,6 +1290,7 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data) * oneshot mask bit can be set. */ task_work_cancel_func(current, irq_thread_dtor); + clear_and_wake_up_bit(IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, &action->thread_flags); return 0; } @@ -1853,6 +1861,12 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new) return ret; } +static void irq_stop_thread(struct irqaction *action) +{ + kthread_stop_put(action->thread); + wait_on_bit(&action->thread_flags, IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); +} + /* * Internal function to unregister an irqaction - used to free * regular and special interrupts that are part of the architecture. @@ -1958,9 +1972,9 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, void *dev_id) * the same bit to a newly requested action. */ if (action->thread) { - kthread_stop_put(action->thread); + irq_stop_thread(action); if (action->secondary && action->secondary->thread) - kthread_stop_put(action->secondary->thread); + irq_stop_thread(action->secondary); } /* Last action releases resources */