kernel/linux.git/net/nfc/nci, branch v7.0.10

nfc: nci: fix circular locking dependency in nci_close_device

2026-03-19T23:56:18+00:00

nci_close_device() flushes rx_wq and tx_wq while holding req_lock. This causes a circular locking dependency because nci_rx_work() running on rx_wq can end up taking req_lock too: nci_rx_work -> nci_rx_data_packet -> nci_data_exchange_complete -> __sk_destruct -> rawsock_destruct -> nfc_deactivate_target -> nci_deactivate_target -> nci_request -> mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock) Move the flush of rx_wq after req_lock has been released. This should safe (I think) because NCI_UP has already been cleared and the transport is closed, so the work will see it and return -ENETDOWN. NIPA has been hitting this running the nci selftest with a debug kernel on roughly 4% of the runs. Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation") Reviewed-by: Ian Ray Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260317193334.988609-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

nfc: nci: clear NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE before calling completion callback

2026-03-05T02:18:57+00:00

Move clear_bit(NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE) before invoking the data exchange callback in nci_data_exchange_complete(). The callback (e.g. rawsock_data_exchange_complete) may immediately schedule another data exchange via schedule_work(tx_work). On a multi-CPU system, tx_work can run and reach nci_transceive() before the current nci_data_exchange_complete() clears the flag, causing test_and_set_bit(NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE) to return -EBUSY and the new transfer to fail. This causes intermittent flakes in nci/nci_dev in NIPA: # # RUN NCI.NCI1_0.t4t_tag_read ... # # t4t_tag_read: Test terminated by timeout # # FAIL NCI.NCI1_0.t4t_tag_read # not ok 3 NCI.NCI1_0.t4t_tag_read Fixes: 38f04c6b1b68 ("NFC: protect nci_data_exchange transactions") Reviewed-by: Joe Damato Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303162346.2071888-5-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

nfc: nci: complete pending data exchange on device close

2026-03-05T02:18:57+00:00

In nci_close_device(), complete any pending data exchange before closing. The data exchange callback (e.g. rawsock_data_exchange_complete) holds a socket reference. NIPA occasionally hits this leak: unreferenced object 0xff1100000f435000 (size 2048): comm "nci_dev", pid 3954, jiffies 4295441245 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 27 00 01 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 '..@............ backtrace (crc ec2b3c5): __kmalloc_noprof+0x4db/0x730 sk_prot_alloc.isra.0+0xe4/0x1d0 sk_alloc+0x36/0x760 rawsock_create+0xd1/0x540 nfc_sock_create+0x11f/0x280 __sock_create+0x22d/0x630 __sys_socket+0x115/0x1d0 __x64_sys_socket+0x72/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0x117/0xfc0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 Fixes: 38f04c6b1b68 ("NFC: protect nci_data_exchange transactions") Reviewed-by: Joe Damato Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303162346.2071888-4-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

nfc: nci: free skb on nci_transceive early error paths

2026-03-05T02:14:29+00:00

nci_transceive() takes ownership of the skb passed by the caller, but the -EPROTO, -EINVAL, and -EBUSY error paths return without freeing it. Due to issues clearing NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE fixed by subsequent changes the nci/nci_dev selftest hits the error path occasionally in NIPA, and kmemleak detects leaks: unreferenced object 0xff11000015ce6a40 (size 640): comm "nci_dev", pid 3954, jiffies 4295441246 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 6b 6b 6b 6b 00 a4 00 0c 02 e1 03 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkk.......kkkkk 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk backtrace (crc 7c40cc2a): kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x492/0x630 __alloc_skb+0x11e/0x5f0 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc6/0x8f0 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x326/0x3f0 nfc_alloc_send_skb+0x94/0x1d0 rawsock_sendmsg+0x162/0x4c0 do_syscall_64+0x117/0xfc0 Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation") Reviewed-by: Joe Damato Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303162346.2071888-2-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: nfc: nci: Fix zero-length proprietary notifications

2026-03-05T01:48:12+00:00

NCI NFC controllers may have proprietary OIDs with zero-length payload. One example is: drivers/nfc/nxp-nci/core.c, NXP_NCI_RF_TXLDO_ERROR_NTF. Allow a zero length payload in proprietary notifications *only*. Before: -- >8 -- kernel: nci: nci_recv_frame: len 3 -- >8 -- After: -- >8 -- kernel: nci: nci_recv_frame: len 3 kernel: nci: nci_ntf_packet: NCI RX: MT=ntf, PBF=0, GID=0x1, OID=0x23, plen=0 kernel: nci: nci_ntf_packet: unknown ntf opcode 0x123 kernel: nfc nfc0: NFC: RF transmitter couldn't start. Bad power and/or configuration? -- >8 -- After fixing the hardware: -- >8 -- kernel: nci: nci_recv_frame: len 27 kernel: nci: nci_ntf_packet: NCI RX: MT=ntf, PBF=0, GID=0x1, OID=0x5, plen=24 kernel: nci: nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf_packet: rf_discovery_id 1 -- >8 -- Fixes: d24b03535e5e ("nfc: nci: Fix uninit-value in nci_dev_up and nci_ntf_packet") Signed-off-by: Ian Ray Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302163238.140576-1-ian.ray@gehealthcare.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

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

net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data

2026-02-19T17:32:51+00:00

Since commit 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data") communication with nci nfc chips is not working any more. The mentioned commit tries to fix access of uninitialized data, but failed to understand that in some cases the data packet is of variable length and can therefore not be compared to the maximum packet length given by the sizeof(struct). Fixes: 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michael Thalmeier Reported-by: syzbot+740e04c2a93467a0f8c8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260218083000.301354-1-michael.thalmeier@hale.at Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

nfc: nci: Fix race between rfkill and nci_unregister_device().

2026-01-29T03:32:26+00:00

syzbot reported the splat below [0] without a repro. It indicates that struct nci_dev.cmd_wq had been destroyed before nci_close_device() was called via rfkill. nci_dev.cmd_wq is only destroyed in nci_unregister_device(), which (I think) was called from virtual_ncidev_close() when syzbot close()d an fd of virtual_ncidev. The problem is that nci_unregister_device() destroys nci_dev.cmd_wq first and then calls nfc_unregister_device(), which removes the device from rfkill by rfkill_unregister(). So, the device is still visible via rfkill even after nci_dev.cmd_wq is destroyed. Let's unregister the device from rfkill first in nci_unregister_device(). Note that we cannot call nfc_unregister_device() before nci_close_device() because 1) nfc_unregister_device() calls device_del() which frees all memory allocated by devm_kzalloc() and linked to ndev->conn_info_list 2) nci_rx_work() could try to queue nci_conn_info to ndev->conn_info_list which could be leaked Thus, nfc_unregister_device() is split into two functions so we can remove rfkill interfaces only before nci_close_device(). [0]: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) WARNING: kernel/locking/lockdep.c:238 at hlock_class kernel/locking/lockdep.c:238 [inline], CPU#0: syz.0.8675/6349 WARNING: kernel/locking/lockdep.c:238 at check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4854 [inline], CPU#0: syz.0.8675/6349 WARNING: kernel/locking/lockdep.c:238 at __lock_acquire+0x39d/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5187, CPU#0: syz.0.8675/6349 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6349 Comm: syz.0.8675 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/13/2026 RIP: 0010:hlock_class kernel/locking/lockdep.c:238 [inline] RIP: 0010:check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4854 [inline] RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x3a4/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5187 Code: 18 00 4c 8b 74 24 08 75 27 90 e8 17 f2 fc 02 85 c0 74 1c 83 3d 50 e0 4e 0e 00 75 13 48 8d 3d 43 f7 51 0e 48 c7 c6 8b 3a de 8d <67> 48 0f b9 3a 90 31 c0 0f b6 98 c4 00 00 00 41 8b 45 20 25 ff 1f RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c767680 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000040000 RCX: 0000000000080000 RDX: ffffc90013080000 RSI: ffffffff8dde3a8b RDI: ffffffff8ff24ca0 RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: ffffffff8fef35a3 R09: 1ffffffff1fde6b4 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1fde6b5 R12: 00000000000012a2 R13: ffff888030338ba8 R14: ffff888030338000 R15: ffff888030338b30 FS: 00007fa5995f66c0(0000) GS:ffff8881256f8000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f7e72f842d0 CR3: 00000000485a0000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: lock_acquire+0x106/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 touch_wq_lockdep_map+0xcb/0x180 kernel/workqueue.c:3940 __flush_workqueue+0x14b/0x14f0 kernel/workqueue.c:3982 nci_close_device+0x302/0x630 net/nfc/nci/core.c:567 nci_dev_down+0x3b/0x50 net/nfc/nci/core.c:639 nfc_dev_down+0x152/0x290 net/nfc/core.c:161 nfc_rfkill_set_block+0x2d/0x100 net/nfc/core.c:179 rfkill_set_block+0x1d2/0x440 net/rfkill/core.c:346 rfkill_fop_write+0x461/0x5a0 net/rfkill/core.c:1301 vfs_write+0x29a/0xb90 fs/read_write.c:684 ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fa59b39acb9 Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fa5995f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa59b615fa0 RCX: 00007fa59b39acb9 RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 0000000000000007 RBP: 00007fa59b408bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fa59b616038 R14: 00007fa59b615fa0 R15: 00007ffc82218788 Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation") Reported-by: syzbot+f9c5fd1a0874f9069dce@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/695e7f56.050a0220.1c677c.036c.GAE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260127040411.494931-1-kuniyu@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data

2025-09-30T08:27:14+00:00

Syzbot reported an uninitialized value bug in nci_init_req, which was introduced by commit 5aca7966d2a7 ("Merge tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v6.17-2025-09-16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools"). This bug arises due to very limited and poor input validation that was done at nic_valid_size(). This validation only validates the skb->len (directly reflects size provided at the userspace interface) with the length provided in the buffer itself (interpreted as NCI_HEADER). This leads to the processing of memory content at the address assuming the correct layout per what opcode requires there. This leads to the accesses to buffer of `skb_buff->data` which is not assigned anything yet. Following the same silent drop of packets of invalid sizes at `nic_valid_size()`, add validation of the data in the respective handlers and return error values in case of failure. Release the skb if error values are returned from handlers in `nci_nft_packet` and effectively do a silent drop Possible TODO: because we silently drop the packets, the call to `nci_request` will be waiting for completion of request and will face timeouts. These timeouts can get excessively logged in the dmesg. A proper handling of them may require to export `nci_request_cancel` (or propagate error handling from the nft packets handlers). Reported-by: syzbot+740e04c2a93467a0f8c8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=740e04c2a93467a0f8c8 Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation") Tested-by: syzbot+740e04c2a93467a0f8c8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Deepak Sharma Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250925132846.213425-1-deepak.sharma.472935@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni