This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    mptcp: avoid unneeded actions on subflow reset

to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     mptcp-avoid-unneeded-actions-on-subflow-reset.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


From stable+bounces-338612-greg=kroah.com@vger.kernel.org Sat Sep 19 22:29:39 2026
From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:29:20 +0200
Subject: mptcp: avoid unneeded actions on subflow reset
To: mptcp@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, sashal@kernel.org, Xinyang Ge <xinyang@anthropic.com>, "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Message-ID: <20260919202918.2074632-5-matttbe@kernel.org>

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

commit 2b0f561f21b27c40c91ea4975268a06092bd7e9c upstream.

Once in a blue moon, the mptcp receive path can recursively call
mptcp_data_ready() via state change under unlucky error conditions, and
then try to hold the data lock again.

Break the recursion loop explicitly checking for the exceptional
condition.

Add a new flag instead of using an existing one like 'closing', to exit
early in subflow_state_change(), and explicitly flush the RX queue at
reset time.

This avoids unneeded processing to check for available data -- calling
get_mapping_status() and more on a dying subflow -- but also in error
reporting and worker scheduling.

Note that we must consume the currently peeked skb before invoking
mptcp_dss_corruption to avoid consuming it again after the eventual
reset has freed it.

Fixes: e32d262c89e2 ("mptcp: handle consistently DSS corruption")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Xinyang Ge <xinyang@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260917-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-7-3-rc4-v2-1-0cf5c72667c8@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
[ Note: conflict in protocol.c, because commit e0ca4057e0ec ("mptcp:
  micro-optimize __mptcp_move_skb()") is not in this version, and is
  part of a consequent rx path refactor. The conflict is in the context,
  and is easy to resolve, "done = true" can be moved along without
  consequences. Also, the context is slightly different because there is
  no DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE in this version, see the backport commit
  12c1676d598e ("mptcp: handle consistently DSS corruption").
  Also a conflict in protocol.h, because __unused is at a different
  number. Decrement the one from this version and add the new flag
  above. The context is also a bit different with data_avail being an
  enum, but that's without consequences here.
  Also a conflict in subflow.c, because commit 71154bbe4942 ("mptcp:
  fallback earlier on simult connection") was not needed in this
  version, and cause conflicts in the context, but that's without
  consequences here. ]
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 net/mptcp/protocol.c |    6 +++---
 net/mptcp/protocol.h |    3 ++-
 net/mptcp/subflow.c  |   11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -687,11 +687,11 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subfl
 			if (unlikely(map_remaining < len))
 				mptcp_dss_corruption(msk, ssk);
 		} else {
-			if (unlikely(!fin))
-				mptcp_dss_corruption(msk, ssk);
-
 			sk_eat_skb(ssk, skb);
 			done = true;
+
+			if (unlikely(!fin))
+				mptcp_dss_corruption(msk, ssk);
 		}
 
 		WRITE_ONCE(tp->copied_seq, seq);
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -447,7 +447,8 @@ struct mptcp_subflow_context {
 		stale : 1,	    /* unable to snd/rcv data, do not use for xmit */
 		valid_csum_seen : 1,        /* at least one csum validated */
 		close_event_done : 1,       /* has done the post-closed part */
-		__unused : 11;
+		resetting : 1,	    /* subflow is resetting */
+		__unused : 10;
 	enum mptcp_data_avail data_avail;
 	bool	pm_listener;	    /* a listener managed by the kernel PM? */
 	u32	remote_nonce;
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ void mptcp_subflow_reset(struct sock *ss
 	/* must hold: tcp_done() could drop last reference on parent */
 	sock_hold(sk);
 
+	subflow->resetting = 1;
+
+	/* No need to delay the actual close for to-be discarded data. */
+	__skb_queue_purge(&ssk->sk_receive_queue);
 	tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	tcp_done(ssk);
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(MPTCP_WORK_CLOSE_SUBFLOW, &mptcp_sk(sk)->flags))
@@ -1667,6 +1671,13 @@ static void subflow_state_change(struct
 
 	__subflow_state_change(sk);
 
+	/* Rx queue processing is unneeded, error reporting will take place at
+	 * __mptcp_close_ssk() time and subflow reset can't happen in case of
+	 * fallback: subflow_sched_work_if_closed() would be a no-op.
+	 */
+	if (subflow->resetting)
+		return;
+
 	msk = mptcp_sk(parent);
 	if (subflow_simultaneous_connect(sk)) {
 		mptcp_propagate_sndbuf(parent, sk);


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from matttbe@kernel.org are

queue-5.15/mptcp-syncookies-remember-the-request-backup-flag.patch
queue-5.15/mptcp-close-race-between-scheduler-and-state-change.patch
queue-5.15/mptcp-avoid-unneeded-actions-on-subflow-reset.patch
queue-5.15/mptcp-options-handle-mpc-data-csum-reqd-no-csum.patch