From: "Ömer Mete Kaya" <omermetekaya0@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: oneukum@suse.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ömer Mete Kaya" <omermetekaya0@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v4] usbnet: fix EVENT_RX_PAUSED race in usbnet_skb_return()
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:29:09 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020153044.18828-1-omermetekaya0@gmail.com> (raw)
On SMP, usbnet_skb_return() can observe EVENT_RX_PAUSED as set on CPU0
while usbnet_resume_rx() clears the flag and drains rxq_pause on CPU1.
The skb can then be queued after the drain has completed and remain
stranded until the next MTU change or device stop.
Synchronize the EVENT_RX_PAUSED state transition and paused-queue
dequeue operations with rxq_pause.lock, dropping the lock around each
usbnet_skb_return() call to avoid lock inversion. In usbnet_skb_return()
use a double-check pattern under rxq_pause.lock on the slow path,
keeping the normal RX fast path lock-free. Use spin_lock_irqsave() to
match the lockdep class shared with other sk_buff_head locks taken from
hardirq context in defer_bh().
Discovered by Sashiko, not triggered, not runtime-tested.
Fixes: 43daa96b166c ("usbnet: Stop RX Q on MTU change")
Signed-off-by: Ömer Mete Kaya <omermetekaya0@gmail.com>
---
v4: Use spin_lock_irqsave()/spin_unlock_irqrestore() to match lockdep
class shared with other sk_buff_head locks taken from hardirq
context in defer_bh(); restore local_bh_disable()/local_bh_enable()
around drain loop to preserve BH context.
drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 84f97f448b2d..9c4a23d8cb86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -329,9 +329,14 @@ void usbnet_skb_return(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
unsigned long flags;
int status;
- if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags)) {
- skb_queue_tail(&dev->rxq_pause, skb);
- return;
+ if (unlikely(test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags))) {
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
+ if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags)) {
+ __skb_queue_tail(&dev->rxq_pause, skb);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
+ return;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
}
/* only update if unset to allow minidriver rx_fixup override */
@@ -700,15 +705,18 @@ void usbnet_resume_rx(struct usbnet *dev)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
int num = 0;
+ unsigned long flags;
local_bh_disable();
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
clear_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags);
-
- while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&dev->rxq_pause)) != NULL) {
+ while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&dev->rxq_pause)) != NULL) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
usbnet_skb_return(dev, skb);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
num++;
}
-
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
local_bh_enable();
--
2.56.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 15:31 UTC|newest]
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2026-10-20 15:29 Ömer Mete Kaya [this message]
2026-10-20 15:36 ` [PATCH net v4] usbnet: fix EVENT_RX_PAUSED race in usbnet_skb_return() sashiko-bot
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