[PATCH V2] usbnet: Prevents free active kevent
From: Lizhi Xu
Date: Fri Oct 17 2025 - 05:07:33 EST
The root cause of this issue are:
1. When probing the usbnet device, executing usbnet_link_change(dev, 0, 0);
put the kevent work in global workqueue. However, the kevent has not yet
been scheduled when the usbnet device is unregistered. Therefore, executing
free_netdev() results in the "free active object (kevent)" error reported
here.
2. Another factor is that when calling usbnet_disconnect()->unregister_netdev(),
if the usbnet device is up, ndo_stop() is executed to cancel the kevent.
However, because the device is not up, ndo_stop() is not executed.
The solution to this problem is to cancel the kevent before executing
free_netdev(), which also deletes the delay timer.
Reported-by: Sam Sun <samsun1006219@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8bfd7bcc98f7300afb84
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
V1 -> V2: update comments for typos
drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index bf01f2728531..f0294f0e6612 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1672,6 +1672,9 @@ void usbnet_disconnect (struct usb_interface *intf)
usb_free_urb(dev->interrupt);
kfree(dev->padding_pkt);
+ cancel_work_sync(&dev->kevent);
+ timer_delete_sync(&dev->delay);
+
free_netdev(net);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_disconnect);
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