From: Bui Viet Dung <dungvn2345@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Bui Viet Dung <dungvn2345@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211_hwsim: Pin module for debugfs file operations
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 19:28:38 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008122838.224835-1-dungvn2345@gmail.com> (raw)
An open debugfs file retains its file_operations pointer in the
debugfs proxy state. However, hwsim_background_cac_ops and
hwsim_simulate_incumbent_signal_fops in mac80211_hwsim_main.c have no
.owner set to THIS_MODULE.
As a result, full_proxy_open_regular() calls fops_get() which succeeds
without taking a reference to the mac80211_hwsim module. When a userspace
process opens either of these debugfs files, a subsequent module unload
(rmmod mac80211_hwsim) can succeed while the file descriptor remains open.
When the userspace process subsequently closes the descriptor,
full_proxy_release() accesses the already unmapped file_operations
structure, triggering a kernel oops in full_proxy_release():
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff84f49e7
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:full_proxy_release+0x8e/0x140
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__fput+0x39f/0xa60
__x64_sys_close+0x80/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0xc3/0x590
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
</TASK>
The issue was discovered via manual code audit of mac80211_hwsim_main.c
and reproduced on a Linux 7.3-rc6 test VM with CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM=m.
Set .owner = THIS_MODULE on both debugfs file_operations structures in
mac80211_hwsim_main.c so that debugfs pins the module until close has
completed.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bui Viet Dung <dungvn2345@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c
index b9446577ff49..3ae46d78d68a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,7 @@ static ssize_t hwsim_background_cac_write(struct file *file,
}
static const struct file_operations hwsim_background_cac_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.write = hwsim_background_cac_write,
.open = simple_open,
.llseek = default_llseek,
@@ -1209,6 +1210,7 @@ static ssize_t hwsim_simulate_incumbent_signal_write(struct file *file,
}
static const struct file_operations hwsim_simulate_incumbent_signal_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = simple_open,
.write = hwsim_simulate_incumbent_signal_write,
};
--
2.43.0
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