[PATCH 2/5] RDMA/core: Fix netdev use-after-free in ib_get_eth_speed()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 14:53:38 EST


The device reference is dropped before netdev->name is read in the
warning emitted when __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() fails. If that was
the last reference the name is read from a freed netdev.

Move dev_put() below the last use of netdev.

Fixes: d41861942fc5 ("IB/core: Add generic function to extract IB speed from netdev")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index bac87de9cc67..f11ac039e085 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -2055,8 +2055,6 @@ int ib_get_eth_speed(struct ib_device *dev, u32 port_num, u16 *speed, u8 *width)
rc = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(netdev, &lksettings);
rtnl_unlock();

- dev_put(netdev);
-
if (!rc && lksettings.base.speed != (u32)SPEED_UNKNOWN) {
netdev_speed = lksettings.base.speed;
} else {
@@ -2066,6 +2064,8 @@ int ib_get_eth_speed(struct ib_device *dev, u32 port_num, u16 *speed, u8 *width)
netdev->name, netdev_speed);
}

+ dev_put(netdev);
+
ib_get_width_and_speed(netdev_speed, lksettings.lanes,
speed, width);

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2.34.1