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But the internal struct channel is a separate allocation\nthat ppp_release_channel() frees with a plain kfree():\n\n close(data socket) -> pppol2tp_release() -> pppox_unbind_sock()\n -> ppp_unregister_channel() -> ppp_release_channel() -> kfree(pch)\n\nFor a channel that is bound (PPPIOCGCHAN) but not attached to a ppp unit\n(no PPPIOCCONNECT, pch->ppp == NULL) and not bridged, teardown skips\nboth ppp_disconnect_channel()'s synchronize_net() and\nppp_unbridge_channels()'s synchronize_rcu(), so the kfree() has no grace\nperiod. rcu_read_lock() in pppol2tp_recv() does not protect against a\nplain kfree(), so an in-flight ppp_input() on one CPU can dereference\nthe channel just freed by close() on another CPU.\n\nThe bug is reachable by an unprivileged user.\n\nDefer the channel free to an RCU callback via call_rcu() so the grace\nperiod fences any in-flight ppp_input(). 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