In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netpoll: Fix race condition in netpoll_owner_active
KCSAN detected a race condition in netpoll:
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in net_rx_action / netpoll_send_skb
write (marked) to 0xffff8881164168b0 of 4 bytes by interrupt on cpu 10:
net_rx_action (./include/linux/netpoll.h:90 net/core/dev.c:6712 net/core/dev.c:6822)
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read to 0xffff8881164168b0 of 4 bytes by task 1 on cpu 2:
netpoll_send_skb (net/core/netpoll.c:319 net/core/netpoll.c:345 net/core/netpoll.c:393)
netpoll_send_udp (net/core/netpoll.c:?)
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value changed: 0x0000000a -> 0xffffffff
This happens because netpoll_owner_active() needs to check if the current CPU is the owner of the lock, touching napi->poll_owner non atomically. The ->poll_owner field contains the current CPU holding the lock.
Use an atomic read to check if the poll owner is the current CPU.
Exploitability
AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NScope
S:UImpact
C:NI:NA:H4.7/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H