From: Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@linux.ibm.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, alibuda@linux.alibaba.com,
dust.li@linux.alibaba.com, horms@kernel.org,
mjambigi@linux.ibm.com
Cc: tonylu@linux.alibaba.com, guwen@linux.alibaba.com,
hidayath@linux.ibm.com, pasic@linux.ibm.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net/smc: fix TOCTOU race between smc_listen_out() and listener close
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 09:07:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803070701.126339-1-sidraya@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
smc_listen_out() reads lsmc->sk.sk_state without the listener lock,
then acquires lock_sock_nested() only after the check passes. This
opens a window where smc_close_active() can transition the listener
to SMC_CLOSED, call smc_close_cleanup_listen() to drain the accept
queue, and release the lock, all between the lockless read and the
delayed lock acquisition:
smc_listen_work (smc_hs_wq) smc_close_active()
------------------------------- -------------------------
release_sock(child)
if (sk_state == SMC_LISTEN) TRUE
lock_sock(listener)
sk_state = SMC_CLOSED
smc_close_cleanup_listen()
release_sock(listener)
flush_work(tcp_listen_work)
lock_sock_nested(listener)
smc_accept_enqueue(listener, child) /* child enqueued on dead listener */
smc_close_active() flushes only tcp_listen_work. Work items already
dispatched onto smc_hs_wq for the CLC handshake continue running
unguarded. smc_accept_enqueue() takes a sock_hold() on the child that
is never released, so the child smc_sock, its clcsock, and the
reference all leak. A remote peer that opens TCP connections while the
server calls close() can exhaust kernel memory.
Move lock_sock_nested() to before the sk_state check so that the test
and the enqueue are atomic under the listener lock.
Fixes: fd57770dd198 ("net/smc: wait for pending work before clcsock release_sock")
Reviewed-by: Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@linux.ibm.com>
---
net/smc/af_smc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index b5db69073e20..00403175b740 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1931,11 +1931,12 @@ static void smc_listen_out(struct smc_sock *new_smc)
atomic_dec(&lsmc->queued_smc_hs);
release_sock(newsmcsk); /* lock in smc_listen_work() */
+ lock_sock_nested(&lsmc->sk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
if (lsmc->sk.sk_state == SMC_LISTEN) {
- lock_sock_nested(&lsmc->sk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
smc_accept_enqueue(&lsmc->sk, newsmcsk);
release_sock(&lsmc->sk);
} else { /* no longer listening */
+ release_sock(&lsmc->sk);
smc_close_non_accepted(newsmcsk);
}
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 7:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 7:07 Sidraya Jayagond [this message]
2026-08-03 12:54 ` [PATCH net] net/smc: fix TOCTOU race between smc_listen_out() and listener close Breno Leitao
2026-08-04 7:22 ` Sidraya Jayagond
2026-08-04 8:02 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-05 7:21 ` Dust Li
2026-08-05 12:29 ` Sidraya Jayagond
2026-08-04 7:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-06 11:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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