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From: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
To: jgg@ziepe.ca
Cc: leon@kernel.org, kees@kernel.org, Tatyana.E.Nikolova@intel.com,
	roland@purestorage.com, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, larrystevenwise@gmail.com,
	pj.waskiewicz@solidfire.com, jeffinphilip14@gmail.com,
	syzbot+bd317784d628820741b5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 2026 15:47:42 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903101742.214304-1-jeffinphilip14@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902085213.145312-1-jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>

iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount _after_ list_add_tail()
making it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get()
on nlmsg_request causing a refcount "addition on 0" bug. Fix this
by initializing kref _before_ list_add_tail() so refcount for
nlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition,
also initialize every field before list_add_tail().

Reported-by: syzbot+bd317784d628820741b5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bd317784d628820741b5
Fixes: 30dc5e63d6a5 ("RDMA/core: Add support for iWARP Port Mapper user space service")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
---
Changelog:
   Changes in v2:
      Add list_add_tail() last after initializing every field as per Leon Romanovsky's
   suggestion.
---
 drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
index 5d07c5756987..51af8c1c49f9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
@@ -313,19 +313,20 @@ struct iwpm_nlmsg_request *iwpm_get_nlmsg_request(__u32 nlmsg_seq,
 	nlmsg_request = kzalloc_obj(struct iwpm_nlmsg_request, gfp);
 	if (!nlmsg_request)
 		return NULL;
+
 	kref_init(&nlmsg_request->kref);
 	kref_get(&nlmsg_request->kref);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
-	list_add_tail(&nlmsg_request->inprocess_list, &iwpm_nlmsg_req_list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
-
 	nlmsg_request->nlmsg_seq = nlmsg_seq;
 	nlmsg_request->nl_client = nl_client;
 	nlmsg_request->request_done = 0;
 	nlmsg_request->err_code = 0;
 	sema_init(&nlmsg_request->sem, 1);
 	down(&nlmsg_request->sem);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
+	list_add_tail(&nlmsg_request->inprocess_list, &iwpm_nlmsg_req_list);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwpm_nlmsg_req_lock, flags);
+
 	return nlmsg_request;
 }
 
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-03 10:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02  8:52 [PATCH] RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() Jeffin Philip
2026-09-03  9:52 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-09-03 10:17 ` Jeffin Philip [this message]
2026-09-03 10:23   ` [PATCH v2] " Leon Romanovsky

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