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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2026-01-24 13:59:18 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-01-27 06:32:59 +0300
commite2a9eeb69f7d4ca4cf4c70463af77664fdb6ab1d (patch)
treebdb9ffb74d3847f751e3fbe24b4523cfedbf6372
parent8d7ba71e46216b8657a82ca2ec118bc93812a4d0 (diff)
downloadlinux-e2a9eeb69f7d4ca4cf4c70463af77664fdb6ab1d.tar.xz
mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
syzbot and Eulgyu Kim reported crashes in mptcp_pm_nl_get_local_id() and/or mptcp_pm_nl_is_backup() Root cause is list_splice_init() in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit() which is not RCU ready. list_splice_init_rcu() can not be called here while holding pernet->lock spinlock. Many thanks to Eulgyu Kim for providing a repro and testing our patches. Fixes: 141694df6573 ("mptcp: remove address when netlink flushes addrs") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Reported-by: syzbot+5498a510ff9de39d37da@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6970a46d.a00a0220.3ad28e.5cf0.GAE@google.com/T/ Reported-by: Eulgyu Kim <eulgyukim@snu.ac.kr> Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/611 Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260124-net-mptcp-race_nl_flush_addrs-v3-1-b2dc1b613e9d@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
index 57570a44e418..b26675054b0d 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
@@ -1294,16 +1294,26 @@ static void __reset_counters(struct pm_nl_pernet *pernet)
int mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
{
struct pm_nl_pernet *pernet = genl_info_pm_nl(info);
- LIST_HEAD(free_list);
+ struct list_head free_list;
spin_lock_bh(&pernet->lock);
- list_splice_init(&pernet->endp_list, &free_list);
+ free_list = pernet->endp_list;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD_RCU(&pernet->endp_list);
__reset_counters(pernet);
pernet->next_id = 1;
bitmap_zero(pernet->id_bitmap, MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1);
spin_unlock_bh(&pernet->lock);
- mptcp_nl_flush_addrs_list(sock_net(skb->sk), &free_list);
+
+ if (free_list.next == &pernet->endp_list)
+ return 0;
+
synchronize_rcu();
+
+ /* Adjust the pointers to free_list instead of pernet->endp_list */
+ free_list.prev->next = &free_list;
+ free_list.next->prev = &free_list;
+
+ mptcp_nl_flush_addrs_list(sock_net(skb->sk), &free_list);
__flush_addrs(&free_list);
return 0;
}