net: alx: fix race condition in alx_remove

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There is a race condition exist during termination. The path is
alx_stop and then alx_remove. An alx_schedule_link_check could be called
before alx_stop by interrupt handler and invoke alx_link_check later.
Alx_stop frees the napis, and alx_remove cancels any pending works.
If any of the work is scheduled before termination and invoked before
alx_remove, a null-ptr-deref occurs because both expect alx->napis[i].

This patch fix the race condition by moving cancel_work_sync functions
before alx_free_napis inside alx_stop. Because interrupt handler can call
alx_schedule_link_check again, alx_free_irq is moved before
cancel_work_sync calls too.

Signed-off-by: Zekun Shen <bruceshenzk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Zekun Shen 2020-06-15 11:50:29 -04:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c

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