kernel/1101-timers-fix-null-function-pointer-race-in-timer-shutdown-sync.patch
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From 449e173e733a3f8bb9186785fc48265fbcfd8956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 23:09:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in
timer_shutdown_sync()
JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-152433
CVE: CVE-2025-68214
commit 20739af07383e6eb1ec59dcd70b72ebfa9ac362c
Author: Yipeng Zou <zouyipeng@huawei.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:39:42 +0000
timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timer_shutdown_sync()
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: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 1391ea8..9b61f99 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1458,10 +1458,11 @@ 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);