linux/net/mctp
Binbin Deng aadf655e8e net/mctp: publish the mctp_dev only after it is initialised
mctp_add_dev() links the new mctp_dev into dev->mctp_ptr before mdev->dev
is assigned, so a reader that picks the device up in that window
dereferences a net_device pointer that is still NULL:

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000000b0-0x00000000000000b7]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? __pfx_mctp_sendmsg (./include/linux/sockptr.h:49)
 ? __pfx_mctp_dst_output (net/mctp/route.c:41)
 ? selinux_socket_sendmsg (security/selinux/hooks.c:5278)
 ____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:775 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:790
 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2684 (discriminator 1))
 ? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:1131)
 ? __pfx_copy_msghdr_from_user (net/socket.c:2590)
 ? update_cfs_rq_load_avg (kernel/sched/fair.c:5478)
 ___sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2738)
 ? __pfx____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2625)
 ? perf_event_task_tick (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:838)
 ? sched_tick (kernel/sched/core.c:5818)
 ? clockevents_program_event (kernel/time/clockevents.c:372)
 ? fdget (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:873 fs/file.c:1100)
 __sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2770)
 ? __pfx___sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2751)
 do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63)
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
 </TASK>

Fix by publishing only once the object is fully initialised:
__mctp_dev_get() runs under rcu_read_lock() only and hands
this object to readers as soon as mctp_ptr is assigned, so
they must never observe mdev->dev == NULL.

Fixes: 583be982d9 ("mctp: Add device handling and netlink interface")
Signed-off-by: Binbin Deng <18983559317@163.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/729830b8.130.1a0c945579d.Coremail.18983559317@163.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-09-25 16:34:40 -07:00
..
test treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
af_mctp.c mctp: convert to getsockopt_iter 2026-05-10 10:11:07 -07:00
device.c net/mctp: publish the mctp_dev only after it is initialised 2026-09-25 16:34:40 -07:00
Kconfig net: mctp: tests: Test that outgoing skbs have flow data populated 2024-02-22 13:32:55 +01:00
Makefile mctp: Add test utils 2021-10-03 14:35:41 +01:00
neigh.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
route.c mctp: route: iterate socket tag list in mctp_lookup_prealloc_tag() 2026-09-24 09:11:56 -07:00