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From: Nagamani PV <nagamani@linux.ibm.com>
To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
	Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/iucv: fix UAF in afiucv_netdev_event()
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:59:01 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43395bfc-f41b-43ca-9be0-9dbeeb3fa614@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804182120.535961F00A3F@smtp.kernel.org>



On 04/08/26 11:51 PM, sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
> 
> New issues:
> - [High] The patch introduces a sleep-in-atomic-context bug by calling a sleepable memory allocation function while holding a spinlock (`read_lock_bh`) that disables bottom halves.
> 

Correct.  Fixed in v2 by a two-pass design: iucv_send_ctrl() is only
called in Pass 2, after read_unlock_bh().  Pass 1 uses GFP_ATOMIC.

> Pre-existing issues:
> - [High] Socket state, shutdown flags, and transmissions are manipulated locklessly, leading to data races, lost state updates, and a potential NULL pointer dereference if the socket is orphaned concurrently.
> 

Correct.  All three sub-findings confirmed with KCSAN on IBM Z.
Fixed in v2: Pass 2 acquires lock_sock() per socket, serialising
sk->sk_state, sk->sk_shutdown, and iucv_send_ctrl() against
iucv_sock_close() and sock_orphan().

Pass 1 reads iucv->hs_dev under read_lock_bh while iucv_sock_close()
writes hs_dev = NULL under lock_sock() — orthogonal locks. READ_ONCE()
/ WRITE_ONCE() document the intentional concurrent access and suppress
KCSAN reports on those accesses.

v2 posted to netdev:
  https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260917071706.23831-1-nagamani@linux.ibm.com/

Validated with KASAN + KCSAN TAP on IBM Z.

Thanks,
Nagamani PV


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-17  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-03 18:20 [PATCH net-next] net/iucv: fix UAF in afiucv_netdev_event() Nagamani PV
2026-08-04  8:33 ` Alexandra Winter
2026-08-04 12:52   ` Nagamani PV
2026-08-04 13:30     ` Alexandra Winter
2026-09-17  7:32       ` Nagamani PV
2026-08-04 18:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-17  7:29   ` Nagamani PV [this message]
2026-09-17  7:17 ` [PATCH net v2] net/iucv: fix races " Nagamani PV
2026-09-17  7:28   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-17 14:01   ` Alexandra Winter
2026-09-18  8:58     ` Nagamani PV
2026-09-21  7:36   ` netdev-bot+sashiko

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