In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: aoe: fix the potential use-after-free problem in more places For fixing CVE-2023-6270, f98364e92662 ("aoe: fix the potential use-after-free problem in aoecmd_cfg_pkts") makes tx() calling dev_put() instead of doing in aoecmd_cfg_pkts(). It avoids that the tx() runs into use-after-free. Then Nicolai Stange found more places in aoe have potential use-after-free problem with tx(). e.g. revalidate(), aoecmd_ata_rw(), resend(), probe() and aoecmd_cfg_rsp(). Those functions also use aoenet_xmit() to push packet to tx queue. So they should also use dev_hold() to increase the refcnt of skb->dev. On the other hand, moving dev_put() to tx() causes that the refcnt of skb->dev be reduced to a negative value, because corresponding dev_hold() are not called in revalidate(), aoecmd_ata_rw(), resend(), probe(), and aoecmd_cfg_rsp(). This patch fixed this issue.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f63461af2c1a86af4217910e47a5c46e3372e645
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc2cbf7525ac288e07d465f5a1d8cb8fb9599254
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89d9a69ae0c667e4d9d028028e2dcc837bae626f
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d6e54fc71ad1ab0a87047fd9c211e75d86084a3
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b418d50ccbbca7e5d87a3a0d41d436cefebf79