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From: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.cirrus.com>,
	David Rubin <david@vortan.dev>,
	PJ Waskiewicz <pwaskiewicz@jumptrading.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] genirq: defer kfree(irqaction) until irq_thread_dtor() finishes
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 2026 14:58:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261009145842.1616117-2-ripatel@wii.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009145842.1616117-1-ripatel@wii.dev>

When an IRQ thread exits abnormally via do_exit() (e.g. the IRQ
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.

Fixes: ed3e694d78cc ("move exit_task_work() past exit_files() et.al.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
---
 kernel/irq/internals.h |  2 ++
 kernel/irq/manage.c    | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 21 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..e882a0693a39 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1176,17 +1176,14 @@ 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 +1200,14 @@ 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 +1268,7 @@ 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 +1289,7 @@ 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 +1860,12 @@ __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 +1971,9 @@ 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 */
-- 
2.52.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-09 15:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-09 14:58 [PATCH 0/2] genirq: fix use-after-free on abnormal IRQ thread exit Richard Patel
2026-10-09 14:58 ` Richard Patel [this message]
2026-10-09 14:58 ` [PATCH 2/2] genirq: move IRQ thread exit_work object to irqaction Richard Patel

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