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This will avoid attempted double\nfree of the same QP when __mlx5_ib_add() does its cleanup.\n\nResolves a splat:\n\n Syzkaller reported a UAF in ib_destroy_qp_user\n\n workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mkey_cache\": -EINTR\n infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_mkey_cache_init:981:(pid 1642):\n failed to create work queue\n infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init:4075:(pid 1642):\n mr cache init failed -12\n ==================================================================\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810da310a8 by task repro_upstream/1642\n\n Call Trace:\n \n kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:590)\n ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2073)\n mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)\n __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4178)\n mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)\n ...\n \n\n Allocated by task 1642:\n __kmalloc (./include/linux/kasan.h:198 mm/slab_common.c:1026\n mm/slab_common.c:1039)\n create_qp (./include/linux/slab.h:603 ./include/linux/slab.h:720\n ./include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:2795 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1209)\n ib_create_qp_kernel (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1347)\n mlx5r_umr_resource_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:164)\n mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4070)\n __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)\n mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)\n ...\n\n Freed by task 1642:\n __kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:1826 mm/slub.c:3809 mm/slub.c:3822)\n ib_destroy_qp_user (drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:2112)\n mlx5r_umr_resource_cleanup (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:198)\n mlx5_ib_stage_post_ib_reg_umr_init (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4076\n drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4065)\n __mlx5_ib_add (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4168)\n mlx5r_probe (drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c:4402)\n ...", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "437f033e30c897bb3723eac9e9003cd9f88d00a3" }, { "version": "04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "4f4a7a7d1404297f2a92df0046f7e64dc5c52dd9" }, { "version": "04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "6387f269d84e6e149499408c4d1fc805017729b2" }, { "version": "04876c12c19e94bbbc94bb0446c7bc7cd75163de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "2ef422f063b74adcc4a4a9004b0a87bb55e0a836" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "5.19", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.19" }, { "version": "6.1.63", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.5.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*" }, { "version": "6.6.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }