[PATCH 6.12.y] mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) posted 1 patch 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
[PATCH 6.12.y] mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
Posted by Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) 2 weeks, 3 days ago
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

commit e2a9eeb69f7d4ca4cf4c70463af77664fdb6ab1d upstream.

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>
[ Conflicts because the code has been moved from pm_netlink.c to
  pm_kernel.c later on in commit 8617e85e04bd ("mptcp: pm: split
  in-kernel PM specific code"). The same modifications can be applied
  in pm_netlink.c with one exception, because 'pernet->local_addr_list'
  has been renamed to 'pernet->endp_list' in commit 35e71e43a56d
  ("mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'local_addr_list' to 'endp_list'"). The
  previous name is then still being used in this version. ]
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
---
 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 0b4ab3c816da..864c26e22b24 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -1811,16 +1811,26 @@ 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->local_addr_list, &free_list);
+	free_list = pernet->local_addr_list;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD_RCU(&pernet->local_addr_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->local_addr_list)
+		return 0;
+
 	synchronize_rcu();
+
+	/* Adjust the pointers to free_list instead of pernet->local_addr_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;
 }
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