From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, Julia.Lawall@inria.fr,
linux@treblig.org, nate.karstens@garmin.com, sd@queasysnail.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, imv4bel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net v2] strparser: Fix race condition in strp_done()
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:29:55 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZgpkyTDU3aXe_V0@v4bel> (raw)
This issue was discovered during a code audit.
When strp_stop() and strp_done() are called without holding lock_sock(),
they can race with worker-scheduling paths such as the Delayed ACK handler
and ksoftirqd.
Specifically, after cancel_delayed_work_sync() and cancel_work_sync() are
invoked from strp_done(), the workers may still be scheduled.
As a result, the workers may dereference freed objects.
The following is a simple race scenario:
cpu0 cpu1
espintcp_close()
espintcp_data_ready()
strp_data_ready()
if (unlikely(strp->stopped)) return;
strp_stop()
strp->stopped = 1;
strp_done()
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&strp->msg_timer_work);
strp_read_sock()
tcp_read_sock()
__tcp_read_sock()
strp_recv()
__strp_recv()
strp_start_timer()
mod_delayed_work(&strp->msg_timer_work);
To prevent these races, the cancellation APIs are replaced with
worker-disabling APIs.
Fixes: bbb03029a899 ("strparser: Generalize strparser")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Update Fixes tag
- Incorporate Simon’s review: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aZSLHaFj7k8DPmLG@horms.kernel.org/
- Shorten the patch subject
- Target the net tree
- Add the bug discovery background and the race scenario to the commit message
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aZLn2Faeg1FB7XOf@v4bel/
---
net/strparser/strparser.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/strparser/strparser.c b/net/strparser/strparser.c
index fe0e76fdd1f1..15cd9cadbd1a 100644
--- a/net/strparser/strparser.c
+++ b/net/strparser/strparser.c
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ void strp_done(struct strparser *strp)
{
WARN_ON(!strp->stopped);
- cancel_delayed_work_sync(&strp->msg_timer_work);
- cancel_work_sync(&strp->work);
+ disable_delayed_work_sync(&strp->msg_timer_work);
+ disable_work_sync(&strp->work);
if (strp->skb_head) {
kfree_skb(strp->skb_head);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-20 9:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-20 9:29 Hyunwoo Kim [this message]
2026-02-23 17:20 ` [PATCH net v2] strparser: Fix race condition in strp_done() Sabrina Dubroca
2026-02-26 21:51 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-02 23:10 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-03 1:50 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-05 23:35 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-06 0:11 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-06 10:13 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-06 11:41 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-11 4:13 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-20 19:07 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-04-29 18:46 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-11 6:34 ` Jiayuan Chen
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