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There can be a pending tasklet in\nthe queue which might run after the cvm_oct_remove() frees net_device\nstructures, causing a use-after-free in cvm_oct_tx_do_cleanup() as it\niterates cvm_oct_device[] which is an array of netdevice pointers.\nAdd tasklet_kill() after free_irq() to ensure the tasklet is no longer\nscheduled or running before teardown proceeds."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"32efcb6d5f4e3f030e7b0a3ba5c6c0684dd07486","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"d15226338dfaa84ffff142d32723cdf74d0c47c4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"a77efd85e0d48c877f66d2bc3ab89cc1b8dacd19","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"b6365e4186322858a82c8713b1d0bd209c8e765a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"03d12490afd1198310ad0aba42462329832eb739","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"2c0c9956596e48654bb4855e2a0742748a0826a7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"41a79bd9e5a74f8f483b3b206d10567912874fb4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4898c560103fb8075c10a8e9d70e0ca26873075e","lessThan":"b9af44b0d20b2247c4eb0ea5cfca907d643eea50","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2.6.34","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.270","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.221","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.188","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.157","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.110","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.52","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.270"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.221"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.188"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.157"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.110"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.52"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.34","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32efcb6d5f4e3f030e7b0a3ba5c6c0684dd07486"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d15226338dfaa84ffff142d32723cdf74d0c47c4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a77efd85e0d48c877f66d2bc3ab89cc1b8dacd19"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6365e4186322858a82c8713b1d0bd209c8e765a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03d12490afd1198310ad0aba42462329832eb739"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c0c9956596e48654bb4855e2a0742748a0826a7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41a79bd9e5a74f8f483b3b206d10567912874fb4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9af44b0d20b2247c4eb0ea5cfca907d643eea50"}],"title":"staging: octeon: add missing tasklet_kill in cvm_oct_tx_shutdown","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}