5.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Xiang Mei [ Upstream commit a66734a1c5e36525ea07e9f4547fddc51e916de3 ] rmnet_map_deaggregate() allocates each sub-frame with alloc_skb() and leaves skb->dev NULL. __rmnet_map_ingress_handler() assigns skb->dev = ep->egress_dev only on the data path, but a MAP command frame is dispatched to rmnet_map_command() before that, so rmnet_map_send_ack() runs netif_tx_lock(skb->dev) on a NULL device. An unprivileged user reaches this by unsharing a user+net namespace, creating an rmnet link over a tap device with INGRESS_DEAGGREGATION and INGRESS_MAP_COMMANDS, and writing an aggregated frame carrying a flow-control command to the tap fd. Restore the assignment dropped by 378e25357ac7, so every skb leaving rmnet_map_deaggregate() has a valid device. BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in _raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:158) Write of size 4 at addr 00000000000004b4 by task exploit/144 Call Trace: _raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:158) netif_tx_lock (net/sched/sch_generic.c:497) rmnet_map_command (drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_command.c:67) rmnet_rx_handler (drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c:125) __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0 (net/core/dev.c:6103) ... __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6214) netif_receive_skb (net/core/dev.c:6474) tun_get_user (drivers/net/tun.c:1966) tun_chr_write_iter (drivers/net/tun.c:2012) vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:687) ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:739) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt Fixes: 378e25357ac7 ("net: qualcomm: rmnet: Remove unnecessary device assignment") Reported-by: co+4638111fe2a12980@bugs.sh Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ijg79FFMfIvKJbivdJEKvTO90Q9dTvyBkJck@bugs.sh/T/#u Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei Reviewed-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260820195240.1631458-1-xmei5@asu.edu Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c index a655bb8d5c57b..fcda268cf3fe3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c @@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ struct sk_buff *rmnet_map_deaggregate(struct sk_buff *skb, if (!skbn) return NULL; + skbn->dev = skb->dev; skb_reserve(skbn, RMNET_MAP_DEAGGR_HEADROOM); skb_put(skbn, packet_len); memcpy(skbn->data, skb->data, packet_len); -- 2.53.0