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 2/2] genirq: move IRQ thread exit_work object to irqaction
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 14:58:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261009145842.1616117-3-ripatel@wii.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009145842.1616117-1-ripatel@wii.dev>
irq_thread() registers irq_thread_dtor() as exit task_work using
a stack-allocated callback_head. On normal IRQ thread exit, this
work gets cancelled and never runs.
On x86, an abnormal IRQ thread exit (e.g. handler oops) discards
the stack, including the callback_head, while that callback_head
is still pending. By the time exit_task_work() runs, the stack
memory formerly backing callback_head is already clobbered.
irq_thread() <-- on_exit_work allocated
** IRQ handler faults **
oops_end()
rewind_stack_and_make_dead() <-- on_exit_work freed
make_task_dead()
do_exit(SIGSEGV)
...
exit_shm() <-- on_exit_work clobbered
...
exit_task_work() <-- stack use-after-free
exit_shm()+0x30 <-- wild jump to return addr
Thus, a benign threaded IRQ oops (e.g. a NULL pointer deref) is
turned into a wild jump. This is caught by kernel IBT:
** first fault **
Oops: general protection fault, kernel NULL pointer dereference 0x3c0: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
...
** second fault **
Missing ENDBR: exit_shm+0x30/0x1c0
kernel BUG at arch/x86/kernel/cet.c:133!
...
? task_work_run+0x5c/0x90
? do_exit+0x209/0x460
? rewind_stack_and_make_dead+0x16/0x20
...
note: irq/165-AudioDS[1427] exited with irqs disabled
Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!
Fix this by storing the callback_head in struct irqaction.
The irqaction is only freed once irq_thread_dtor() finishes.
Fixes: 2deb4be28077 ("x86/dumpstack: When OOPSing, rewind the stack before do_exit()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
---
include/linux/interrupt.h | 2 ++
kernel/irq/manage.c | 9 ++++-----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 52bb684090c0..ee2dd5349697 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ typedef irqreturn_t (*irq_handler_t)(int, void *);
* @thread_flags: flags related to @thread
* @thread_mask: bitmask for keeping track of @thread activity
* @dir: pointer to the proc/irq/NN/name entry
+ * @thread_dtor: task_work for @thread irregular exit cleanup
*/
struct irqaction {
irq_handler_t handler;
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ struct irqaction {
unsigned long thread_mask;
const char *name;
struct proc_dir_entry *dir;
+ struct callback_head thread_dtor;
} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
extern irqreturn_t no_action(int cpl, void *dev_id);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index e882a0693a39..4fbb8f960dbf 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1200,9 +1200,9 @@ static void __irq_thread_dtor(struct irqaction *action)
irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action);
}
-static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused)
+static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *work)
{
- struct irqaction *action = kthread_data(current);
+ struct irqaction *action = container_of(work, struct irqaction, thread_dtor);
__irq_thread_dtor(action);
clear_and_wake_up_bit(IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, &action->thread_flags);
@@ -1249,7 +1249,6 @@ static void wake_up_and_wait_for_irq_thread_ready(struct irq_desc *desc,
*/
static int irq_thread(void *data)
{
- struct callback_head on_exit_work;
struct irqaction *action = data;
struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(action->irq);
irqreturn_t (*handler_fn)(struct irq_desc *desc,
@@ -1269,8 +1268,8 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
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);
+ init_task_work(&action->thread_dtor, irq_thread_dtor);
+ task_work_add(current, &action->thread_dtor, TWA_NONE);
while (!irq_wait_for_interrupt(desc, action)) {
irqreturn_t action_ret;
--
2.52.0
prev parent 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 ` [PATCH 1/2] genirq: defer kfree(irqaction) until irq_thread_dtor() finishes Richard Patel
2026-10-09 14:58 ` Richard Patel [this message]
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