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<title>kernel/linux.git/net/ax25/ax25_dev.c, branch v7.0.10</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree (mirror)</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: ax25: remove plumbing for never-implemented DAMA Master support</title>
<updated>2026-01-31T03:19:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ethan Nelson-Moore</name>
<email>enelsonmoore@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-29T08:09:04+00:00</published>
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The AX25_DAMA_MASTER option has been unimplemented and marked broken
ever since it was introduced in 2007 in commit 954b2e7f4c37 ("[NET]
AX.25 Kconfig and docs updates and fixes"). At this point, it is very
unlikely it will be implemented. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore &lt;enelsonmoore@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260129080908.44710-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ax25: rcu protect dev-&gt;ax25_ptr</title>
<updated>2025-01-06T23:57:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-03T21:05:14+00:00</published>
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syzbot found a lockdep issue [1].

We should remove ax25 RTNL dependency in ax25_setsockopt()

This should also fix a variety of possible UAF in ax25.

[1]

WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00762-g9268abe611b0 #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.5.1818/12806 is trying to acquire lock:
 ffffffff8fcb3988 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ax25_setsockopt+0xa55/0xe90 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:680

but task is already holding lock:
 ffff8880617ac258 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1618 [inline]
 ffff8880617ac258 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: ax25_setsockopt+0x209/0xe90 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:574

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-&gt; #1 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}:
        lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x550 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5849
        lock_sock_nested+0x48/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3642
        lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1618 [inline]
        ax25_kill_by_device net/ax25/af_ax25.c:101 [inline]
        ax25_device_event+0x24d/0x580 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:146
        notifier_call_chain+0x1a5/0x3f0 kernel/notifier.c:85
       __dev_notify_flags+0x207/0x400
        dev_change_flags+0xf0/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:9026
        dev_ifsioc+0x7c8/0xe70 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:563
        dev_ioctl+0x719/0x1340 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:820
        sock_do_ioctl+0x240/0x460 net/socket.c:1234
        sock_ioctl+0x626/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1339
        vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
        __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]
        __se_sys_ioctl+0xf5/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892
        do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
        do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-&gt; #0 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
        check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3161 [inline]
        check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3280 [inline]
        validate_chain+0x18ef/0x5920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3904
        __lock_acquire+0x1397/0x2100 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5226
        lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x550 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5849
        __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:585 [inline]
        __mutex_lock+0x1ac/0xee0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:735
        ax25_setsockopt+0xa55/0xe90 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:680
        do_sock_setsockopt+0x3af/0x720 net/socket.c:2324
        __sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2349 [inline]
        __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2355 [inline]
        __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2352 [inline]
        __x64_sys_setsockopt+0x1ee/0x280 net/socket.c:2352
        do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
        do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(sk_lock-AF_AX25);
                               lock(rtnl_mutex);
                               lock(sk_lock-AF_AX25);
  lock(rtnl_mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.5.1818/12806:
  #0: ffff8880617ac258 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1618 [inline]
  #0: ffff8880617ac258 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: ax25_setsockopt+0x209/0xe90 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:574

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12806 Comm: syz.5.1818 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00762-g9268abe611b0 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Call Trace:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
  dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
  print_circular_bug+0x13a/0x1b0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2074
  check_noncircular+0x36a/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2206
  check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3161 [inline]
  check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3280 [inline]
  validate_chain+0x18ef/0x5920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3904
  __lock_acquire+0x1397/0x2100 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5226
  lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x550 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5849
  __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:585 [inline]
  __mutex_lock+0x1ac/0xee0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:735
  ax25_setsockopt+0xa55/0xe90 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:680
  do_sock_setsockopt+0x3af/0x720 net/socket.c:2324
  __sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2349 [inline]
  __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2355 [inline]
  __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2352 [inline]
  __x64_sys_setsockopt+0x1ee/0x280 net/socket.c:2352
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f7b62385d29

Fixes: c433570458e4 ("ax25: fix a use-after-free in ax25_fillin_cb()")
Reported-by: syzbot &lt;syzkaller@googlegroups.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250103210514.87290-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ax25: Replace kfree() in ax25_dev_free() with ax25_dev_put()</title>
<updated>2024-06-01T22:49:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Duoming Zhou</name>
<email>duoming@zju.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-30T05:17:33+00:00</published>
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The object "ax25_dev" is managed by reference counting. Thus it should
not be directly released by kfree(), replace with ax25_dev_put().

Fixes: d01ffb9eee4a ("ax25: add refcount in ax25_dev to avoid UAF bugs")
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou &lt;duoming@zju.edu.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240530051733.11416-1-duoming@zju.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2024-05-14T17:53:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-14T17:52:25+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Merge in late fixes to prepare for the 6.10 net-next PR.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device</title>
<updated>2024-05-13T23:09:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Duoming Zhou</name>
<email>duoming@zju.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-09T09:37:02+00:00</published>
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There is a reference count leak issue of the object "net_device" in
ax25_dev_device_down(). When the ax25 device is shutting down, the
ax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count of net_device one
or zero times depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will
cause memory leak.

In order to solve the above issue, decrease the reference count of
net_device after dev-&gt;ax25_ptr is set to null.

Fixes: d01ffb9eee4a ("ax25: add refcount in ax25_dev to avoid UAF bugs")
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou &lt;duoming@zju.edu.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7ce3b23a40d9084657ba1125432f0ecc380cbc80.1715247018.git.duoming@zju.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ax25: Fix reference count leak issues of ax25_dev</title>
<updated>2024-05-13T23:09:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Duoming Zhou</name>
<email>duoming@zju.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-09T09:36:47+00:00</published>
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The ax25_addr_ax25dev() and ax25_dev_device_down() exist a reference
count leak issue of the object "ax25_dev".

Memory leak issue in ax25_addr_ax25dev():

The reference count of the object "ax25_dev" can be increased multiple
times in ax25_addr_ax25dev(). This will cause a memory leak.

Memory leak issues in ax25_dev_device_down():

The reference count of ax25_dev is set to 1 in ax25_dev_device_up() and
then increase the reference count when ax25_dev is added to ax25_dev_list.
As a result, the reference count of ax25_dev is 2. But when the device is
shutting down. The ax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count once
or twice depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will cause
memory leak.

As for the issue of ax25_addr_ax25dev(), it is impossible for one pointer
to be on a list twice. So add a break in ax25_addr_ax25dev(). As for the
issue of ax25_dev_device_down(), increase the reference count of ax25_dev
once in ax25_dev_device_up() and decrease the reference count of ax25_dev
after it is removed from the ax25_dev_list.

Fixes: d01ffb9eee4a ("ax25: add refcount in ax25_dev to avoid UAF bugs")
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou &lt;duoming@zju.edu.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/361bbf2a4b091e120006279ec3b382d73c4a0c17.1715247018.git.duoming@zju.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ax25: Use kernel universal linked list to implement ax25_dev_list</title>
<updated>2024-05-13T23:09:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Duoming Zhou</name>
<email>duoming@zju.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-09T09:36:33+00:00</published>
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The origin ax25_dev_list implements its own single linked list,
which is complicated and error-prone. For example, when deleting
the node of ax25_dev_list in ax25_dev_device_down(), we have to
operate on the head node and other nodes separately.

This patch uses kernel universal linked list to replace original
ax25_dev_list, which make the operation of ax25_dev_list easier.

We should do "dev-&gt;ax25_ptr = ax25_dev;" and "dev-&gt;ax25_ptr = NULL;"
while holding the spinlock, otherwise the ax25_dev_device_up() and
ax25_dev_device_down() could race.

Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou &lt;duoming@zju.edu.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/85bba3af651ca0e1a519da8d0d715b949891171c.1715247018.git.duoming@zju.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ax.25: x.25: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array</title>
<updated>2024-05-03T12:29:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Granados</name>
<email>j.granados@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-01T09:29:32+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the
empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which will
reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time memory
bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link :
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/)

Avoid a buffer overflow when traversing the ctl_table by ensuring that
AX25_MAX_VALUES is the same as the size of ax25_param_table. This is
done with a BUILD_BUG_ON where ax25_param_table is defined and a
CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE guard in the unnamed enum definition as well as
in the ax25_dev_device_up and ax25_ds_set_timer functions.

The overflow happened when the sentinel was removed from
ax25_param_table. The sentinel's data element was changed when
CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE was undefined. This had no adverse effects as it
still stopped on the sentinel's null procname but needed to be addressed
once the sentinel was removed.

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
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