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But the UAF can be triggered\nwith a custom application using uAPI:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653)\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810d152650 by task meter/2508\n\n Call Trace:\n ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653)\n do_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1407)\n ovs_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1584)\n ovs_packet_cmd_execute (net/openvswitch/datapath.c:703)\n ...\n netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900)\n\n Allocated by task 2519:\n __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:398 mm/kasan/common.c:415)\n ovs_meter_cmd_set (net/openvswitch/meter.c:422)\n ...\n netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900)\n\n Freed by task 2519:\n kfree (mm/slub.c:2705 mm/slub.c:6405 mm/slub.c:6720)\n ovs_meter_cmd_set (net/openvswitch/meter.c:479)\n ...\n netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900)\n\nFix that by making sure attach_meter() doesn't make the meter visible\nuntil all the checks are done and the function can't fail anymore.\n\nThis 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