From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: zihanx@nebusec.ai
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, xemul@parallels.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
vega@nebusec.ai
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] udp: diag: bound bucket lock hold time
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 16:12:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260905151227.75099-1-horms@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <133b6aee9e2c908c9da37d5585b3d2cd016906cd.1788187473.git.zihanx@nebusec.ai>
This is an AI-generated review of your patch. The human sending this
email has considered the AI review valid, or at least plausible.
Full review at: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/133b6aee9e2c908c9da37d5585b3d2cd016906cd.1788187473.git.zihanx@nebusec.ai?part=1
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udp: diag: bound bucket lock hold time
This patch limits the time the UDP hash bucket spinlock is held during
netlink socket dumps by collecting a bounded batch of matching sockets.
It takes a reference to each socket, releases the lock, processes the
batch, and resumes from a preserved cursor.
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c b/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c
> index f4b24e628cf8d..18cfe0df654dd 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c
[ ... ]
> +static void udp_diag_dump_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
> +{
> + struct inet_diag_dump_data *cb_data = cb->data;
> + struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)cb->args[2];
> +
> + if (sk) {
> + cb->args[2] = 0;
> + sock_put(sk);
> + }
> + cb_data->dump_done = NULL;
> + module_put(THIS_MODULE);
> +}
[Severity: High]
Does this module_put() introduce a race condition with module unloading?
When an active netlink dump for UDP sockets finishes, inet_diag_dump_done()
invokes udp_diag_dump_done(). This function drops its module reference using
module_put(THIS_MODULE) as its final step.
If this was the last reference, a concurrent rmmod udp_diag operation can
proceed and unmap the module's text segment before the thread executing
udp_diag_dump_done() executes its return instruction to return to inet_diag.
Could this result in a kernel panic due to the CPU attempting to execute
unmapped memory?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-05 15:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-01 9:25 [PATCH net 0/1] udp: diag: bound bucket lock hold time Zihan Xi
2026-09-01 9:25 ` [PATCH net 1/1] " Zihan Xi
2026-09-05 15:12 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-09-05 15:49 ` zihan xi
2026-09-05 19:02 ` Simon Horman
2026-09-06 4:08 ` zihan xi
2026-09-05 19:29 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-06 4:11 ` zihan xi
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