CVE-2025-39721
crypto: qat - flush misc workqueue during device shutdown
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: qat - flush misc workqueue during device shutdown
Repeated loading and unloading of a device specific QAT driver, for
example qat_4xxx, in a tight loop can lead to a crash due to a
use-after-free scenario. This occurs when a power management (PM)
interrupt triggers just before the device-specific driver (e.g.,
qat_4xxx.ko) is unloaded, while the core driver (intel_qat.ko) remains
loaded.
Since the driver uses a shared workqueue (`qat_misc_wq`) across all
devices and owned by intel_qat.ko, a deferred routine from the
device-specific driver may still be pending in the queue. If this
routine executes after the driver is unloaded, it can dereference freed
memory, resulting in a page fault and kernel crash like the following:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffa000002e50a01c
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
RIP: 0010:pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat]
Call Trace:
pm_bh_handler+0x1d2/0x250 [intel_qat]
process_one_work+0x171/0x340
worker_thread+0x277/0x3a0
kthread+0xf0/0x120
ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
To prevent this, flush the misc workqueue during device shutdown to
ensure that all pending work items are completed before the driver is
unloaded.
Note: This approach may slightly increase shutdown latency if the
workqueue contains jobs from other devices, but it ensures correctness
and stability.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4df408ba9bad2b205c7fb8afc1836a6a4ca88ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5858448a6c65d8ee3f8600570d3ce19febcb33behttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e59a52e429e13df3feb34f4853a8e36d121ed937https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa4c14a82747886d333d8baef0d26da86ba1ccf7https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe546f5c50fc474daca6bee72caa7ab68a74c33d