[tip: irq/core] genirq: Defer kfree(irqaction) until irq_thread_dtor() finishes

[tip-bot2 for Richard Patel]

The following commit has been merged into the irq/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     d04adff6860587e843948b0c31174f8ae11b8dfe
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/d04adff6860587e843948b0c31174f8ae11b8dfe
Author:        Richard Patel <ripatel@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:58:41 
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:18:40 +02:00

genirq: Defer kfree(irqaction) until irq_thread_dtor() finishes

When an interrupt thread exits abnormally via do_exit() (e.g. the interrupt
handler oopses) without returning from irq_thread(), a concurrent call to
free_irq() could free the irqaction before the irq_thread_dtor() exit task
work runs.

  irq thread (oopsed)                 free_irq()
  -------------------                 ----------
  do_exit()
    exit_mm()
      complete_vfork_done()  -------> kthread_stop() returns
    exit_files() ...                  kfree(action)
    exit_task_work()
      irq_thread_dtor()
        action->...                   <- use-after-free

Track the pending exit work with the IRQTF_EXIT_WORK thread flag, and have
__free_irq() wait for the bit to clear before kfree().

irq_thread_dtor() only runs on irq_thread abnormal exit. If that dtor also
faults, free_irq() will hang indefinitely, but double IRQ thread faults
require a reboot anyways.

[ tglx: Add missing include ]

Fixes: ed3e694d78cc ("move exit_task_work() past exit_files() et.al.")
Signed-off-by: Richard Patel <ripatel@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261009145842.1616117-2-ripatel@xxxxxxx
---
 kernel/irq/internals.h |  2 ++
 kernel/irq/manage.c    | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index 0ce21dd..2c30e75 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern struct irqaction chained_action;
  * IRQTF_AFFINITY  - irq thread is requested to adjust affinity
  * IRQTF_FORCED_THREAD  - irq action is force threaded
  * IRQTF_READY     - signals that irq thread is ready
+ * IRQTF_EXIT_WORK - irq thread exit task_work is pending
  */
 enum {
 	IRQTF_RUNTHREAD,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ enum {
 	IRQTF_AFFINITY,
 	IRQTF_FORCED_THREAD,
 	IRQTF_READY,
+	IRQTF_EXIT_WORK,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 57eff26..87a2476 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/sched/types.h>
 #include <linux/task_work.h>
+#include <linux/wait_bit.h>
 
 #include "internals.h"
 
@@ -1176,17 +1177,14 @@ void wake_threads_waitq(struct irq_desc *desc)
 		wake_up(&desc->wait_for_threads);
 }
 
-static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused)
+static void __irq_thread_dtor(struct irqaction *action)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
-	struct irqaction *action;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_EXITING)))
 		return;
 
-	action = kthread_data(tsk);
-
 	pr_err("exiting task \"%s\" (%d) is an active IRQ thread (irq %d)\n",
 	       tsk->comm, tsk->pid, action->irq);
 
@@ -1203,6 +1201,14 @@ static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused)
 	irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action);
 }
 
+static void irq_thread_dtor(struct callback_head *unused)
+{
+	struct irqaction *action = kthread_data(current);
+
+	__irq_thread_dtor(action);
+	clear_and_wake_up_bit(IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, &action->thread_flags);
+}
+
 static void irq_wake_secondary(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
 {
 	struct irqaction *secondary = action->secondary;
@@ -1263,6 +1269,7 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 	else
 		handler_fn = irq_thread_fn;
 
+	set_bit(IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, &action->thread_flags);
 	init_task_work(&on_exit_work, irq_thread_dtor);
 	task_work_add(current, &on_exit_work, TWA_NONE);
 
@@ -1283,6 +1290,7 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 	 * oneshot mask bit can be set.
 	 */
 	task_work_cancel_func(current, irq_thread_dtor);
+	clear_and_wake_up_bit(IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, &action->thread_flags);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1853,6 +1861,12 @@ out_mput:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void irq_stop_thread(struct irqaction *action)
+{
+	kthread_stop_put(action->thread);
+	wait_on_bit(&action->thread_flags, IRQTF_EXIT_WORK, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
 /*
  * Internal function to unregister an irqaction - used to free
  * regular and special interrupts that are part of the architecture.
@@ -1958,9 +1972,9 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, void *dev_id)
 	 * the same bit to a newly requested action.
 	 */
 	if (action->thread) {
-		kthread_stop_put(action->thread);
+		irq_stop_thread(action);
 		if (action->secondary && action->secondary->thread)
-			kthread_stop_put(action->secondary->thread);
+			irq_stop_thread(action->secondary);
 	}
 
 	/* Last action releases resources */