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        "dateReserved": "2026-07-19T15:36:31.787Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-07-25T08:51:02.276Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T04:55:24.351Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetpoll: fix a use-after-free on shutdown path\n\nThere is a use-after-free error on netpoll, which is clearly detected by\nKASAN.\n\n      BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3b/0x80\n      Read of size 1 at addr ... by task kworker/9:1\n      Workqueue: events queue_process\n      Call Trace:\n       skb_dequeue+0x1e/0xb0\n       queue_process+0x2c/0x600\n       process_scheduled_works+0x4b6/0x850\n       worker_thread+0x414/0x5a0\n      Allocated by task 242:\n       __netpoll_setup+0x201/0x4a0\n       netpoll_setup+0x249/0x550\n       enabled_store+0x32f/0x380\n      Freed by task 0:\n       kfree+0x1b7/0x540\n       rcu_core+0x3f8/0x7a0\n\nThe problem happens when there is a pending TX worker running in\nparallel with the cleanup path.\n\nThis is what happens on netpoll shutdown path:\n\n1) __netpoll_cleanup() is called\n2) set dev->npinfo to NULL\n3) call_rcu() with rcu_cleanup_netpoll_info()\n  3.1) rcu_cleanup_netpoll_info() tries to cancel all workers with\n       cancel_delayed_work(), but doesn't wait for the worker to finish\n4) and kfree(npinfo);\n\nBecause 3.1) doesn't really cancel the work, as the comment says \"we\ncan't call cancel_delayed_work_sync here, as we are in softirq\", the TX\nworker can run after 4).\n\nTl;DR: queue_process() is not an RCU reader, it reaches npinfo through\nthe work item via container_of().\n\nUse disable_delayed_work_sync() to ensure the worker is completely\nstopped and prevent any future re-arming attempts. Once npinfo is set\nto NULL, senders will bail out and not queue new work. The disable flag\nensures any in-flight re-arming attempts also fail silently.\n\nIn the future, we can do the cleanup inline here without needing the\nnpinfo->rcu rcu_head, but that is net-next material."
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