net: airoha: Fix potential use-after-free in airoha_ppe_deinit()
airoha_ppe_deinit() replaces the NPU pointer with NULL via
rcu_replace_pointer() but does not wait for existing RCU readers
to exit before calling ppe_deinit() and airoha_npu_put(). This can
cause a use-after-free if a reader in an RCU read-side critical
section still holds a reference to the NPU when it is freed.
The init path (airoha_ppe_init) already calls synchronize_rcu()
after rcu_assign_pointer(), but the deinit path introduced in
commit 6abcf751bc08 ("net: airoha: Fix schedule while atomic in
airoha_ppe_deinit()") omitted the matching barrier when switching
from rcu_read_lock()/rcu_dereference() to rcu_replace_pointer().
Add synchronize_rcu() before ppe_deinit() to ensure all existing
RCU readers have completed before the NPU resources are released.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: airoha: Fix potential use-after-free in airoha_ppe_deinit() airoha_ppe_deinit() replaces the NPU pointer with NULL via rcu_replace_pointer() but does not wait for existing RCU readers to exit before calling ppe_deinit() and airoha_npu_put(). This can cause a use-after-free if a reader in an RCU read-side critical section still holds a reference to the NPU when it is freed. The init path (airoha_ppe_init) already calls synchronize_rcu() after rcu_assign_pointer(), but the deinit path introduced in commit 6abcf751bc08 ("net: airoha: Fix schedule while atomic in airoha_ppe_deinit()") omitted the matching barrier when switching from rcu_read_lock()/rcu_dereference() to rcu_replace_pointer(). Add synchronize_rcu() before ppe_deinit() to ensure all existing RCU readers have completed before the NPU resources are released. | |
| Title | net: airoha: Fix potential use-after-free in airoha_ppe_deinit() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T12:03:08.525Z
Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.383Z
Link: CVE-2026-68332
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