In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: wan: farsync: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by unfinished tasklets
When the FarSync T-series card is being detached, the fst_card_info is
deallocated in fst_remove_one(). However, the fst_tx_task or fst_int_task
may still be running or pending, leading to use-after-free bugs when the
already freed fst_card_info is accessed in fst_process_tx_work_q() or
fst_process_int_work_q().
A typical race condition is depicted below:
CPU 0 (cleanup) | CPU 1 (tasklet)
| fst_start_xmit()
fst_remove_one() | tasklet_schedule()
unregister_hdlc_device()|
| fst_process_tx_work_q() //handler
kfree(card) //free | do_bottom_half_tx()
| card-> //use
The following KASAN trace was captured:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800aad101c by task ksoftirqd/3/32
...
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x70
print_report+0xcb/0x5d0
? do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0
? do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x85/0xe0
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? __pfx___hrtimer_run_queues+0x10/0x10
fst_process_tx_work_q+0x67/0x90
tasklet_action_common+0x1fa/0x720
? hrtimer_interrupt+0x31f/0x780
handle_softirqs+0x176/0x530
__irq_exit_rcu+0xab/0xe0
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x80
...
Allocated by task 41 on cpu 3 at 72.330843s:
kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60
__kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
fst_add_one+0x1a5/0x1cd0
local_pci_probe+0xdd/0x190
pci_device_probe+0x341/0x480
really_probe+0x1c6/0x6a0
__driver_probe_device+0x248/0x310
driver_probe_device+0x48/0x210
__device_attach_driver+0x160/0x320
bus_for_each_drv+0x101/0x190
__device_attach+0x198/0x3a0
device_initial_probe+0x78/0xa0
pci_bus_add_device+0x81/0xc0
pci_bus_add_devices+0x7e/0x190
enable_slot+0x9b9/0x1130
acpiphp_check_bridge.part.0+0x2e1/0x460
acpiphp_hotplug_notify+0x36c/0x3c0
acpi_device_hotplug+0x203/0xb10
acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x59/0x80
...
Freed by task 41 on cpu 1 at 75.138639s:
kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
kfree+0x135/0x410
fst_remove_one+0x2ca/0x540
pci_device_remove+0xa6/0x1d0
device_release_driver_internal+0x364/0x530
pci_stop_bus_device+0x105/0x150
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xd/0x20
disable_slot+0x116/0x260
acpiphp_disable_and_eject_slot+0x4b/0x190
acpiphp_hotplug_notify+0x230/0x3c0
acpi_device_hotplug+0x203/0xb10
acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x59/0x80
...
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800aad1000
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
The buggy address is located 28 bytes inside of
freed 1024-byte region
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0xaad0
head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0x100000000000040(head|node=0|zone=1)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 0100000000000040 ffff888007042dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000040 ffff888007042dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
head: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000003 ffffea00002ab401 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff88800aad0f00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff88800aad0f80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88800aad1000: fa fb
---truncated---
net: wan: farsync: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by unfinished tasklets
When the FarSync T-series card is being detached, the fst_card_info is
deallocated in fst_remove_one(). However, the fst_tx_task or fst_int_task
may still be running or pending, leading to use-after-free bugs when the
already freed fst_card_info is accessed in fst_process_tx_work_q() or
fst_process_int_work_q().
A typical race condition is depicted below:
CPU 0 (cleanup) | CPU 1 (tasklet)
| fst_start_xmit()
fst_remove_one() | tasklet_schedule()
unregister_hdlc_device()|
| fst_process_tx_work_q() //handler
kfree(card) //free | do_bottom_half_tx()
| card-> //use
The following KASAN trace was captured:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800aad101c by task ksoftirqd/3/32
...
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x70
print_report+0xcb/0x5d0
? do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0
? do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00
? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x85/0xe0
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? __pfx___hrtimer_run_queues+0x10/0x10
fst_process_tx_work_q+0x67/0x90
tasklet_action_common+0x1fa/0x720
? hrtimer_interrupt+0x31f/0x780
handle_softirqs+0x176/0x530
__irq_exit_rcu+0xab/0xe0
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x80
...
Allocated by task 41 on cpu 3 at 72.330843s:
kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60
__kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
fst_add_one+0x1a5/0x1cd0
local_pci_probe+0xdd/0x190
pci_device_probe+0x341/0x480
really_probe+0x1c6/0x6a0
__driver_probe_device+0x248/0x310
driver_probe_device+0x48/0x210
__device_attach_driver+0x160/0x320
bus_for_each_drv+0x101/0x190
__device_attach+0x198/0x3a0
device_initial_probe+0x78/0xa0
pci_bus_add_device+0x81/0xc0
pci_bus_add_devices+0x7e/0x190
enable_slot+0x9b9/0x1130
acpiphp_check_bridge.part.0+0x2e1/0x460
acpiphp_hotplug_notify+0x36c/0x3c0
acpi_device_hotplug+0x203/0xb10
acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x59/0x80
...
Freed by task 41 on cpu 1 at 75.138639s:
kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
kfree+0x135/0x410
fst_remove_one+0x2ca/0x540
pci_device_remove+0xa6/0x1d0
device_release_driver_internal+0x364/0x530
pci_stop_bus_device+0x105/0x150
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xd/0x20
disable_slot+0x116/0x260
acpiphp_disable_and_eject_slot+0x4b/0x190
acpiphp_hotplug_notify+0x230/0x3c0
acpi_device_hotplug+0x203/0xb10
acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x59/0x80
...
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800aad1000
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
The buggy address is located 28 bytes inside of
freed 1024-byte region
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0xaad0
head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0x100000000000040(head|node=0|zone=1)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 0100000000000040 ffff888007042dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000040 ffff888007042dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
head: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0100000000000003 ffffea00002ab401 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff88800aad0f00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff88800aad0f80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88800aad1000: fa fb
---truncated---
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wan: farsync: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by unfinished tasklets When the FarSync T-series card is being detached, the fst_card_info is deallocated in fst_remove_one(). However, the fst_tx_task or fst_int_task may still be running or pending, leading to use-after-free bugs when the already freed fst_card_info is accessed in fst_process_tx_work_q() or fst_process_int_work_q(). A typical race condition is depicted below: CPU 0 (cleanup) | CPU 1 (tasklet) | fst_start_xmit() fst_remove_one() | tasklet_schedule() unregister_hdlc_device()| | fst_process_tx_work_q() //handler kfree(card) //free | do_bottom_half_tx() | card-> //use The following KASAN trace was captured: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800aad101c by task ksoftirqd/3/32 ... Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x70 print_report+0xcb/0x5d0 ? do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00 kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0 ? do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00 do_bottom_half_tx+0xb88/0xd00 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x85/0xe0 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx___hrtimer_run_queues+0x10/0x10 fst_process_tx_work_q+0x67/0x90 tasklet_action_common+0x1fa/0x720 ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x31f/0x780 handle_softirqs+0x176/0x530 __irq_exit_rcu+0xab/0xe0 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x80 ... Allocated by task 41 on cpu 3 at 72.330843s: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90 fst_add_one+0x1a5/0x1cd0 local_pci_probe+0xdd/0x190 pci_device_probe+0x341/0x480 really_probe+0x1c6/0x6a0 __driver_probe_device+0x248/0x310 driver_probe_device+0x48/0x210 __device_attach_driver+0x160/0x320 bus_for_each_drv+0x101/0x190 __device_attach+0x198/0x3a0 device_initial_probe+0x78/0xa0 pci_bus_add_device+0x81/0xc0 pci_bus_add_devices+0x7e/0x190 enable_slot+0x9b9/0x1130 acpiphp_check_bridge.part.0+0x2e1/0x460 acpiphp_hotplug_notify+0x36c/0x3c0 acpi_device_hotplug+0x203/0xb10 acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x59/0x80 ... Freed by task 41 on cpu 1 at 75.138639s: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x17/0x60 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x135/0x410 fst_remove_one+0x2ca/0x540 pci_device_remove+0xa6/0x1d0 device_release_driver_internal+0x364/0x530 pci_stop_bus_device+0x105/0x150 pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xd/0x20 disable_slot+0x116/0x260 acpiphp_disable_and_eject_slot+0x4b/0x190 acpiphp_hotplug_notify+0x230/0x3c0 acpi_device_hotplug+0x203/0xb10 acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x59/0x80 ... The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800aad1000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 The buggy address is located 28 bytes inside of freed 1024-byte region The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0xaad0 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 flags: 0x100000000000040(head|node=0|zone=1) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 0100000000000040 ffff888007042dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 0100000000000040 ffff888007042dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 head: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 0100000000000003 ffffea00002ab401 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff88800aad0f00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff88800aad0f80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc >ffff88800aad1000: fa fb ---truncated--- | |
| Title | net: wan: farsync: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by unfinished tasklets | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-06T11:28:28.910Z
Reserved: 2026-05-01T14:12:55.995Z
Link: CVE-2026-43232
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-06T12:16:43.223
Modified: 2026-05-06T13:07:51.607
Link: CVE-2026-43232
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