From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
patches@lists.linux.dev, Bernard Pidoux <bernard.f6bvp@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18 16/60] rose: fix race between loopback timer and module removal
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:03:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625125647.915331582@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260625125645.554579168@linuxfoundation.org>
6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Bernard Pidoux <bernard.f6bvp@gmail.com>
commit 47dd6ec1a77d77895afb00aa2e68373a48289108 upstream.
rose_loopback_clear() called timer_delete() which returns immediately
without waiting for any running callback to complete. If the timer
fired concurrently with module removal, rose_loopback_timer() could
re-arm the timer after timer_delete() returned and then access
rose_loopback_neigh after it was freed.
Two complementary changes close the race:
1. Add a loopback_stopping atomic flag. rose_loopback_timer() checks
it at entry (before acquiring a reference) and again inside the
loop; when set it drains the queue and exits without re-arming the
timer.
2. Switch rose_loopback_clear() to timer_delete_sync() so it blocks
until any in-flight callback has returned before freeing resources.
The smp_mb() between setting the flag and calling timer_delete_sync()
ensures the flag is visible to any callback that is about to run.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Bernard Pidoux <bernard.f6bvp@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
net/rose/rose_loopback.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/net/rose/rose_loopback.c
+++ b/net/rose/rose_loopback.c
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
#include <net/rose.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
-static struct sk_buff_head loopback_queue;
#define ROSE_LOOPBACK_LIMIT 1000
-static struct timer_list loopback_timer;
+static struct timer_list loopback_timer;
+static struct sk_buff_head loopback_queue;
static void rose_set_loopback_timer(void);
static void rose_loopback_timer(struct timer_list *unused);
+static atomic_t loopback_stopping = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
void rose_loopback_init(void)
{
skb_queue_head_init(&loopback_queue);
@@ -66,6 +68,9 @@ static void rose_loopback_timer(struct t
unsigned int lci_i, lci_o;
int count;
+ if (atomic_read(&loopback_stopping))
+ return;
+
if (rose_loopback_neigh)
rose_neigh_hold(rose_loopback_neigh);
else
@@ -75,6 +80,13 @@ static void rose_loopback_timer(struct t
skb = skb_dequeue(&loopback_queue);
if (!skb)
goto out;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&loopback_stopping)) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ skb_queue_purge(&loopback_queue);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
if (skb->len < ROSE_MIN_LEN) {
kfree_skb(skb);
continue;
@@ -118,7 +130,7 @@ static void rose_loopback_timer(struct t
out:
rose_neigh_put(rose_loopback_neigh);
- if (!skb_queue_empty(&loopback_queue))
+ if (!atomic_read(&loopback_stopping) && !skb_queue_empty(&loopback_queue))
mod_timer(&loopback_timer, jiffies + 1);
}
@@ -126,10 +138,15 @@ void __exit rose_loopback_clear(void)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
- timer_delete(&loopback_timer);
+ atomic_set(&loopback_stopping, 1);
+ /* Pairs with atomic_read() in rose_loopback_timer(): ensure the
+ * stopping flag is visible before we cancel, so a concurrent
+ * callback aborts its loop early rather than re-arming the timer.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+
+ timer_delete_sync(&loopback_timer);
- while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&loopback_queue)) != NULL) {
- skb->sk = NULL;
+ while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&loopback_queue)) != NULL)
kfree_skb(skb);
- }
}
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2026-06-25 13:02 [PATCH 6.18 00/60] 6.18.37-rc1 review Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 01/60] io_uring/net: Avoid msghdr on op_connect/op_bind async data Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 02/60] net: stmmac: fix stm32 (and potentially others) resume regression Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 03/60] fuse: re-lock request before replacing page cache folio Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 04/60] Revert "NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks" Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 05/60] debugobjects: Allow to refill the pool before SYSTEM_SCHEDULING Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 06/60] debugobjects: Use LD_WAIT_CONFIG instead of LD_WAIT_SLEEP Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 07/60] debugobjects: Do not fill_pool() if pi_blocked_on Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 08/60] debugobjects: Dont call fill_pool() in early boot hardirq context Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 09/60] RDMA/bnxt_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 10/60] i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 11/60] net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix endpoint use-after-free in rmnet_dellink() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 12/60] agp/amd64: Fix broken error propagation in agp_amd64_probe() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 13/60] ACPI: scan: Use async schedule function in acpi_scan_clear_dep_fn() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:02 ` [PATCH 6.18 14/60] rose: fix dev_put() leak in rose_loopback_timer() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 15/60] rose: hold loopback neighbour reference across timer callback Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 17/60] rose: clear neighbour pointer after rose_neigh_put() in state machines Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 18/60] rose: guard rose_neigh_put() against NULL in timer expiry Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 19/60] rose: fix netdev double-hold in rose_rx_call_request() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 20/60] rose: fix notifier unregistered too early in rose_exit() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 21/60] rose: set SOCK_DESTROY in rose_kill_by_device() for prompt cleanup Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 22/60] rose: disconnect orphaned STATE_2 sockets when device is gone Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 23/60] rose: fix netdev double-hold in rose_make_new() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 24/60] rose: release netdev ref and destroy orphaned incoming sockets Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 25/60] rose: drop CALL_REQUEST in loopback timer when device is not running Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 26/60] rose: cancel neighbour timers in rose_neigh_put() before freeing Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 27/60] rose: clear neighbour pointer in rose_kill_by_device() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 28/60] rose: dont free fd-owned sockets when reaping in the heartbeat Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 29/60] regulator: core: fix locking in regulator_resolve_supply() error path Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 30/60] hv: utils: handle and propagate errors in kvp_register Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 31/60] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Improve the logic of reserving fb_mmio on Gen2 VMs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 32/60] firmware: samsung: acpm: Fix cross-thread RX length corruption Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 33/60] sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 34/60] mm: introduce VM_MAYBE_GUARD and make visible in /proc/$pid/smaps Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 35/60] mm: add atomic VMA flags and set VM_MAYBE_GUARD as such Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 36/60] mm: update vma_modify_flags() to handle residual flags, document Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 37/60] mm: implement sticky VMA flags Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 38/60] mm: introduce copy-on-fork VMAs and make VM_MAYBE_GUARD one Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 39/60] mm: set the VM_MAYBE_GUARD flag on guard region install Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 40/60] mm: propagate VM_SOFTDIRTY on merge Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 41/60] testing/selftests/mm: add soft-dirty merge self-test Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 42/60] net: export netif_open for self_test usage Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 43/60] net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in slave register Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 44/60] iio: light: veml6075: add bounds check to veml6075_it_ms index Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 45/60] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: add bounds check to pga_settings index Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 46/60] Input: rmi4 - fix register descriptor address calculation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 47/60] Input: rmi4 - refactor register descriptor parsing Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 48/60] Input: rmi4 - fix type overflow in register counts Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 49/60] Input: rmi4 - fix num_subpackets overflow in register descriptor Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 50/60] Input: rmi4 - fix memory leak in rmi_set_attn_data() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 51/60] Input: rmi4 - iterative IRQ handler Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 52/60] Input: rmi4 - fix bit count in bitmap_copy() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 53/60] crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 54/60] vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 55/60] serial: qcom_geni: Fix RX DMA stall when SE_DMA_RX_LEN_IN is zero Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 56/60] drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 57/60] ksmbd: reject non-VALID session in compound request branch Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 58/60] media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_mux_push_si Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 59/60] virtiofs: fix UAF on submount umount Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 60/60] mm: do not copy page tables unnecessarily for VM_UFFD_WP Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-25 13:33 ` [PATCH 6.18 00/60] 6.18.37-rc1 review Florian Fainelli
2026-06-25 15:27 ` Brett A C Sheffield
2026-06-25 17:11 ` Peter Schneider
2026-06-26 0:04 ` Shuah Khan
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