From nobody Mon Mar 2 06:35:35 2026 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62ED41E9B3F; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770918120; cv=none; b=rs6AAy/1L7zP/lj0YkqvJZegZRwNhWamk99N/BOkBbjqtKi0ODjnrYr/Q7MqeHZGic41p8jb9yL5NG9zd7wio7LNDjrIpbKG0Sb/5N+QaL6dVielKYQ+7HJPXnkK2LMZb+EgbUW9iFFye0M8VAJNLEr9qn2+tYL25QICsEZ1wEk= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770918120; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ZkFiNws2RQdpDs8XLBZhVq8Fo3BvVximS2v1wPpiquU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=qKmR2SV7RRNQ3Psbe5/9Jh+5FqLmBXJzRGjC0Q9nGejaZgribTkOmPgBy8rP/CHE88xETg1XhFPYRNSkJXZQMipThCZw/BQwADDu0a9Hwq/2DPt4h6hejYJmlRk+8os9XYLdf3QZA2lP6JFoe/eGo1BJlXO3+rQa5gwx+Qm4XiE= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=rNnjDk/j; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="rNnjDk/j" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7AC40C16AAE; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:41:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1770918120; bh=ZkFiNws2RQdpDs8XLBZhVq8Fo3BvVximS2v1wPpiquU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=rNnjDk/jujuJcfxoLXVxMvdhV6l5i3yDIn2JNRHwTeZch4JT8TiNxe9RfO0H/2dPp Na49stBTtXmuVOF98l3LtqopsWLwuUgawshUOFsOjRbOx+tUu1/NNQ/mqq0DejBuA5 0r9BtA9sNhtIO8rnJ01qeumqm/dqBMJmfo8CaaR9lbFCEvJkeBtTsSAsQGJls50Fau VhO9pIYcb5MRIn+CoAe1x1l9UNWoJ5zCV+9iNsGBvLPCYS67eCkqlICHu15l051/0p dK+lUomCc+za6n2E4+gyv6OvPJ2qJ0PiesAPrlFsfTtkCDhCoxHfFJd7eAWF0+/TyA lZ0O0UH9ObT5Q== From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" To: stable@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: MPTCP Upstream , Eric Dumazet , syzbot+5498a510ff9de39d37da@syzkaller.appspotmail.com, Eulgyu Kim , Mat Martineau , "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" , Jakub Kicinski Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit() Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:41:47 +0100 Message-ID: <20260212174146.1841030-2-matttbe@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: mptcp@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=3183; i=matttbe@kernel.org; h=from:subject; bh=On2kSmDCbLIbTazrBwMQSs2xFdKmS1BqxP5FB85aHsk=; b=owGbwMvMwCVWo/Th0Gd3rumMp9WSGDL7BG4lf36ay5C0knnNulXlZ768PaMnNnH2HR3bhNd7P Q54Bxbd6ihlYRDjYpAVU2SRbovMn/m8irfEy88CZg4rE8gQBi5OAZhIVAojw0S3HJtlLVPXb72s deb/wh5zA2mZr/Lz8g1PSZXde8GSs4Lhv5/dyoUdCi7SUglWTS4cbw5cWrqndf8TvhknPz+1/st tww8A X-Developer-Key: i=matttbe@kernel.org; a=openpgp; fpr=E8CB85F76877057A6E27F77AF6B7824F4269A073 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Eric Dumazet 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 Reported-by: syzbot+5498a510ff9de39d37da@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6970a46d.a00a0220.3ad28e.5cf0.GAE@googl= e.com/T/ Reported-by: Eulgyu Kim Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/611 Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260124-net-mptcp-race_nl_flush_addrs-v3-1-= b2dc1b613e9d@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski [ 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. Also, another conflict is caused by commit 7bcf4d8022f9 ("mptcp: pm: rename helpers linked to 'flush'") which is not in this version: mptcp_nl_remove_addrs_list() has been renamed to mptcp_nl_flush_addrs_list(). The previous name has then been kept. ] Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) --- 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 e396adefea02..1c8aabce33a6 100644 --- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c +++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c @@ -1656,16 +1656,26 @@ static void __reset_counters(struct pm_nl_pernet *p= ernet) static int mptcp_nl_cmd_flush_addrs(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info = *info) { struct pm_nl_pernet *pernet =3D genl_info_pm_nl(info); - LIST_HEAD(free_list); + struct list_head free_list; =20 spin_lock_bh(&pernet->lock); - list_splice_init(&pernet->local_addr_list, &free_list); + free_list =3D pernet->local_addr_list; + INIT_LIST_HEAD_RCU(&pernet->local_addr_list); __reset_counters(pernet); pernet->next_id =3D 1; bitmap_zero(pernet->id_bitmap, MAX_ADDR_ID + 1); spin_unlock_bh(&pernet->lock); - mptcp_nl_remove_addrs_list(sock_net(skb->sk), &free_list); + + if (free_list.next =3D=3D &pernet->local_addr_list) + return 0; + synchronize_rcu(); + + /* Adjust the pointers to free_list instead of pernet->local_addr_list */ + free_list.prev->next =3D &free_list; + free_list.next->prev =3D &free_list; + + mptcp_nl_remove_addrs_list(sock_net(skb->sk), &free_list); __flush_addrs(&free_list); return 0; } --=20 2.51.0