[PATCH 6.12 211/265] net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-12T20:25:29Z

From: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 6a877ececd6daa002a9a0002cd0fbca6592a9244 ]

syzbot reported a circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune() where
sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() is called while holding the socket lock:

======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
======================================================
kworker/u10:8/15040 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8e9aaf80 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0},
at: __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x4b/0x6f0

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805a3c1ce0 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0},
at: rds_tcp_tune+0xd7/0x930

The issue occurs because sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() performs memory
allocation (via get_net_track() -> ref_tracker_alloc()) while the
socket lock is held, creating a circular dependency with fs_reclaim.

Fix this by moving sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() outside the socket lock
critical section. This is safe because the fields modified by the
sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() call (sk_net_refcnt, ns_tracker) are not
accessed by any concurrent code path at this point.

v2:
- Corrected fixes tag
- check patch line wrap nits
- ai commentary nits

Reported-by: syzbot+2e2cf5331207053b8106@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2e2cf5331207053b8106
Fixes: 3a58f13a881e ("net: rds: acquire refcount on TCP sockets")
Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260227202336.167757-1-achender@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
net/rds/tcp.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 3cc2f303bf786..b66dfcc3efaa0 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -495,18 +495,24 @@ bool rds_tcp_tune(struct socket *sock)
struct rds_tcp_net *rtn;

tcp_sock_set_nodelay(sock->sk);
- lock_sock(sk);
/* TCP timer functions might access net namespace even after
* a process which created this net namespace terminated.
*/
if (!sk->sk_net_refcnt) {
- if (!maybe_get_net(net)) {
- release_sock(sk);
+ if (!maybe_get_net(net))
return false;
- }
+ /*
+ * sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() must be called before lock_sock()
+ * because it does a GFP_KERNEL allocation, which can trigger
+ * fs_reclaim and create a circular lock dependency with the
+ * socket lock. The fields it modifies (sk_net_refcnt,
+ * ns_tracker) are not accessed by any concurrent code path
+ * at this point.
+ */
sk_net_refcnt_upgrade(sk);
put_net(net);
}
+ lock_sock(sk);
rtn = net_generic(net, rds_tcp_netid);
if (rtn->sndbuf_size > 0) {
sk->sk_sndbuf = rtn->sndbuf_size;
--
2.51.0