From: Yipeng Zou <zouyipeng@huawei.com> stable inclusion from stable-v6.6.118 commit 6665fbd7730b26d770c232b20d1b907e6a67a914 category: bugfix bugzilla: https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/IDDEZ3 CVE: CVE-2025-68214 Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=... -------------------------------- commit 20739af07383e6eb1ec59dcd70b72ebfa9ac362c upstream. There is a race condition between timer_shutdown_sync() and timer expiration that can lead to hitting a WARN_ON in expire_timers(). The issue occurs when timer_shutdown_sync() clears the timer function to NULL while the timer is still running on another CPU. The race scenario looks like this: CPU0 CPU1 <SOFTIRQ> lock_timer_base() expire_timers() base->running_timer = timer; unlock_timer_base() [call_timer_fn enter] mod_timer() ... timer_shutdown_sync() lock_timer_base() // For now, will not detach the timer but only clear its function to NULL if (base->running_timer != timer) ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, true); if (shutdown) timer->function = NULL; unlock_timer_base() [call_timer_fn exit] lock_timer_base() base->running_timer = NULL; unlock_timer_base() ... // Now timer is pending while its function set to NULL. // next timer trigger <SOFTIRQ> expire_timers() WARN_ON_ONCE(!fn) // hit ... lock_timer_base() // Now timer will detach if (base->running_timer != timer) ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, true); if (shutdown) timer->function = NULL; unlock_timer_base() The problem is that timer_shutdown_sync() clears the timer function regardless of whether the timer is currently running. This can leave a pending timer with a NULL function pointer, which triggers the WARN_ON_ONCE(!fn) check in expire_timers(). Fix this by only clearing the timer function when actually detaching the timer. If the timer is running, leave the function pointer intact, which is safe because the timer will be properly detached when it finishes running. Fixes: 0cc04e80458a ("timers: Add shutdown mechanism to the internal functions") Signed-off-by: Yipeng Zou <zouyipeng@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251122093942.301559-1-zouyipeng@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com> --- kernel/time/timer.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c index 63a8ce7177dd..4a2aeaa85af3 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -1413,10 +1413,11 @@ static int __try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer, bool shutdown) base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags); - if (base->running_timer != timer) + if (base->running_timer != timer) { ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, true); - if (shutdown) - timer->function = NULL; + if (shutdown) + timer->function = NULL; + } raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags); -- 2.34.1