CVE-2025-40271

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de()

Pde is erased from subdir rbtree through rb_erase(), but not set the node
to EMPTY, which may result in uaf access.  We should use RB_CLEAR_NODE()
set the erased node to EMPTY, then pde_subdir_next() will return NULL to
avoid uaf access.

We found an uaf issue while using stress-ng testing, need to run testcase
getdent and tun in the same time.  The steps of the issue is as follows:

1) use getdent to traverse dir /proc/pid/net/dev_snmp6/, and current
   pde is tun3;

2) in the [time windows] unregister netdevice tun3 and tun2, and erase
   them from rbtree.  erase tun3 first, and then erase tun2.  the
   pde(tun2) will be released to slab;

3) continue to getdent process, then pde_subdir_next() will return
   pde(tun2) which is released, it will case uaf access.

CPU 0                                      |    CPU 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
traverse dir /proc/pid/net/dev_snmp6/      |   unregister_netdevice(tun->dev)   //tun3 tun2
sys_getdents64()                           |
  iterate_dir()                            |
    proc_readdir()                         |
      proc_readdir_de()                    |     snmp6_unregister_dev()
        pde_get(de);                       |       proc_remove()
        read_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);    |         remove_proc_subtree()
                                           |           write_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
        [time window]                      |           rb_erase(&root->subdir_node, &parent->subdir);
                                           |           write_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
        read_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);      |
        next = pde_subdir_next(de);        |
        pde_put(de);                       |
        de = next;    //UAF                |

rbtree of dev_snmp6
                        |
                    pde(tun3)
                     /    \
                  NULL  pde(tun2)