In 'lookup_or_create_module_kobject()', an internal kobject is created using 'module_ktype'. So call to 'kobject_put()' on error handling path causes an attempt to use an uninitialized completion pointer in 'module_kobject_release()'. In this scenario, we just want to release kobject without an extra synchronization required for a regular module unloading process, so adding an extra check whether 'complete()' is actually required makes 'kobject_put()' safe.
Reported-by: syzbot+7fb8a372e1f6add93...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7fb8a372e1f6add936dd Fixes: 942e443127e9 ("module: Fix mod->mkobj.kobj potentially freed too early") Suggested-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pa...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmanti...@yandex.ru> --- kernel/params.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c index e668fc90b83e..b92d64161b75 100644 --- a/kernel/params.c +++ b/kernel/params.c @@ -943,7 +943,9 @@ struct kset *module_kset; static void module_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj) { struct module_kobject *mk = to_module_kobject(kobj); - complete(mk->kobj_completion); + + if (mk->kobj_completion) + complete(mk->kobj_completion); } const struct kobj_type module_ktype = { -- 2.49.0
