From: Serhat Kumral <serhatkumral1@gmail.com>
To: Zhu Yanjun <zyjzyj2000@gmail.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+8c9eede336e3a843750e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Serhat Kumral <serhatkumral1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] RDMA/rxe: rework per-net tunnel socket lifetime to fix refcount underflow
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 13:25:03 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260704102503.89272-1-serhatkumral1@gmail.com> (raw)
syzkaller reported a refcount_t underflow / use-after-free in
sk_common_release() when tearing down an rxe device via
RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_DELLINK. The shared per-namespace UDP tunnel sockets
were released based on comparing sk->sk_refcnt against a magic
constant (SK_REF_FOR_TUNNEL), but the network stack takes transient
references on sk_refcnt of its own, so this check could pass on more
than one path concurrently (dellink, NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier,
pernet exit), releasing the socket twice.
Stop overloading sk_refcnt for driver-level user counting. Track the
number of rxe devices using each tunnel socket with an explicit
per-socket counter in the pernet struct, serialised by a mutex:
- creation happens under the lock via a factory callback, closing
the create/create race,
- release happens in exactly one place, when the counter drops to
zero: clear the RCU pointer, wait a grace period, then call
udp_tunnel_sock_release(),
- a failed rxe_newlink() now drops the references it took, so the
counter cannot be left inflated,
- rxe_ns_exit() performs the same coordinated teardown for
namespace removal.
IPv4 and IPv6 sockets get separate counters since the IPv6 socket may
legitimately not exist (-EAFNOSUPPORT).
Fixes: f1327abd6abe ("RDMA/rxe: Support RDMA link creation and destruction per net namespace")
Reported-by: syzbot+8c9eede336e3a843750e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8c9eede336e3a843750e
Signed-off-by: Serhat Kumral <serhatkumral1@gmail.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c | 1 +
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c | 100 ++++++++-------------
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h | 1 +
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.h | 24 ++++-
5 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
index af39209d0fcf..bcc72b96ee00 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static int rxe_newlink(const char *ibdev_name, struct net_device *ndev)
err = rxe_net_add(ibdev_name, ndev);
if (err) {
rxe_err("failed to add %s\n", ndev->name);
+ rxe_net_uninit(ndev);
goto err;
}
err:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index 3741b2c4b0bb..e30a9e899faa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
#include "rxe_loc.h"
#include "rxe_ns.h"
-#ifndef SK_REF_FOR_TUNNEL
-#define SK_REF_FOR_TUNNEL 2
-#endif
-
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
/*
* lockdep can detect false positive circular dependencies
@@ -81,9 +77,9 @@ static inline void rxe_reclassify_recv_socket(struct socket *sock)
* from being called and 'rmmod rdma_rxe'
* is refused because of the references.
*
- * For the global sockets in recv_sockets,
- * we are sure that rxe_net_exit() will call
- * rxe_release_udp_tunnel -> udp_tunnel_sock_release.
+ * For the shared per-namespace sockets, we are sure
+ * that the pernet layer (rxe_ns_pernet_put_skX or
+ * rxe_ns_exit) will call udp_tunnel_sock_release.
*
* So we don't need the additional reference to
* our own (THIS_MODULE).
@@ -288,12 +284,6 @@ static struct socket *rxe_setup_udp_tunnel(struct net *net, __be16 port,
return sock;
}
-static void rxe_release_udp_tunnel(struct sock *sk)
-{
- if (sk)
- udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk);
-}
-
static void prepare_udp_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 src_port,
__be16 dst_port)
{
@@ -631,38 +621,23 @@ int rxe_net_add(const char *ibdev_name, struct net_device *ndev)
return 0;
}
-static void rxe_sock_put(struct sock *sk,
- void (*set_sk)(struct net *, struct sock *),
- struct net *net)
+void rxe_net_uninit(struct net_device *ndev)
{
- if (refcount_read(&sk->sk_refcnt) > SK_REF_FOR_TUNNEL) {
- __sock_put(sk);
- } else {
- rxe_release_udp_tunnel(sk);
- sk = NULL;
- set_sk(net, sk);
- }
+ struct net *net = dev_net(ndev);
+
+ rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk4(net);
+ rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk6(net);
}
void rxe_net_del(struct ib_device *dev)
{
struct net_device *ndev;
- struct sock *sk;
- struct net *net;
ndev = ib_device_get_netdev(dev, 1);
if (!ndev)
return;
- net = dev_net(ndev);
-
- sk = rxe_ns_pernet_sk4(net);
- if (sk)
- rxe_sock_put(sk, rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk4, net);
-
- sk = rxe_ns_pernet_sk6(net);
- if (sk)
- rxe_sock_put(sk, rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk6, net);
+ rxe_net_uninit(ndev);
dev_put(ndev);
}
@@ -753,52 +728,58 @@ static struct notifier_block rxe_net_notifier = {
.notifier_call = rxe_notify,
};
-static int rxe_net_ipv4_init(struct net *net)
+static struct sock *rxe_create_sk4(struct net *net)
{
- struct sock *sk;
struct socket *sock;
- sk = rxe_ns_pernet_sk4(net);
- if (sk) {
- sock_hold(sk);
- return 0;
- }
-
sock = rxe_setup_udp_tunnel(net, htons(ROCE_V2_UDP_DPORT), false);
if (IS_ERR(sock)) {
pr_err("Failed to create IPv4 UDP tunnel\n");
- return -1;
+ return ERR_CAST(sock);
}
- rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk4(net, sock->sk);
- return 0;
+ return sock->sk;
}
-static int rxe_net_ipv6_init(struct net *net)
+static int rxe_net_ipv4_init(struct net *net)
{
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
struct sock *sk;
- struct socket *sock;
- sk = rxe_ns_pernet_sk6(net);
- if (sk) {
- sock_hold(sk);
- return 0;
- }
+ sk = rxe_ns_pernet_hold_sk4(net, rxe_create_sk4);
+ if (IS_ERR(sk))
+ return PTR_ERR(sk);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+static struct sock *rxe_create_sk6(struct net *net)
+{
+ struct socket *sock;
sock = rxe_setup_udp_tunnel(net, htons(ROCE_V2_UDP_DPORT), true);
if (PTR_ERR(sock) == -EAFNOSUPPORT) {
pr_warn("IPv6 is not supported, can not create a UDPv6 socket\n");
- return 0;
+ return NULL;
}
if (IS_ERR(sock)) {
pr_err("Failed to create IPv6 UDP tunnel\n");
- return -1;
+ return ERR_CAST(sock);
}
- rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk6(net, sock->sk);
+ return sock->sk;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int rxe_net_ipv6_init(struct net *net)
+{
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+ struct sock *sk;
+ sk = rxe_ns_pernet_hold_sk6(net, rxe_create_sk6);
+ if (IS_ERR(sk))
+ return PTR_ERR(sk);
#endif
return 0;
}
@@ -824,7 +805,6 @@ void rxe_net_exit(void)
int rxe_net_init(struct net_device *ndev)
{
struct net *net;
- struct sock *sk;
int err;
net = dev_net(ndev);
@@ -840,10 +820,8 @@ int rxe_net_init(struct net_device *ndev)
return 0;
err_out:
- /* If ipv6 error, release ipv4 resource */
- sk = rxe_ns_pernet_sk4(net);
- if (sk)
- rxe_sock_put(sk, rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk4, net);
+ /* If ipv6 error, drop the ipv4 reference taken above. */
+ rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk4(net);
return err;
}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h
index 56249677d692..06e08a4d5897 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
int rxe_net_add(const char *ibdev_name, struct net_device *ndev);
void rxe_net_del(struct ib_device *dev);
+void rxe_net_uninit(struct net_device *ndev);
int rxe_register_notifier(void);
int rxe_net_init(struct net_device *ndev);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.c
index 64621c89f8bf..d12099a73aa2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
#include <net/netns/generic.h>
#include <net/net_namespace.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
#include <net/udp_tunnel.h>
@@ -11,11 +13,21 @@
#include "rxe_ns.h"
/*
- * Per network namespace data
+ * Per network namespace data.
+ *
+ * The IPv4/IPv6 UDP tunnel sockets are shared by every rxe device created in
+ * a given namespace. Their lifetime is owned here and tracked by an explicit
+ * user count (nr_skX) rather than by overloading sk->sk_refcnt: the network
+ * stack takes transient references on sk_refcnt of its own, so it can never be
+ * used to decide when the last rxe device is gone. All fields are serialised
+ * by @lock.
*/
struct rxe_ns_sock {
+ struct mutex lock; /* protects rxe_sk4/6 and nr_sk4/6 */
struct sock __rcu *rxe_sk4;
struct sock __rcu *rxe_sk6;
+ int nr_sk4;
+ int nr_sk6;
};
/*
@@ -28,37 +40,39 @@ static unsigned int rxe_pernet_id;
*/
static int rxe_ns_init(struct net *net)
{
- /* defer socket create in the namespace to the first
- * device create.
- */
+ struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk = net_generic(net, rxe_pernet_id);
+
+ /* Socket creation is deferred to the first device create. */
+ mutex_init(&ns_sk->lock);
return 0;
}
static void rxe_ns_exit(struct net *net)
{
- /* called when the network namespace is removed
- */
+ /* called when the network namespace is removed */
struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk = net_generic(net, rxe_pernet_id);
- struct sock *sk;
-
- rcu_read_lock();
- sk = rcu_dereference(ns_sk->rxe_sk4);
- rcu_read_unlock();
- if (sk) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(ns_sk->rxe_sk4, NULL);
- udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk);
- }
-
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
- rcu_read_lock();
- sk = rcu_dereference(ns_sk->rxe_sk6);
- rcu_read_unlock();
- if (sk) {
- rcu_assign_pointer(ns_sk->rxe_sk6, NULL);
- udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk);
- }
-#endif
+ struct sock *sk4, *sk6;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ns_sk->lock);
+ sk4 = rcu_dereference_protected(ns_sk->rxe_sk4,
+ lockdep_is_held(&ns_sk->lock));
+ sk6 = rcu_dereference_protected(ns_sk->rxe_sk6,
+ lockdep_is_held(&ns_sk->lock));
+ rcu_assign_pointer(ns_sk->rxe_sk4, NULL);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(ns_sk->rxe_sk6, NULL);
+ ns_sk->nr_sk4 = 0;
+ ns_sk->nr_sk6 = 0;
+ mutex_unlock(&ns_sk->lock);
+
+ if (sk4 || sk6)
+ synchronize_rcu();
+ if (sk4)
+ udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk4);
+ if (sk6)
+ udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk6);
+
+ mutex_destroy(&ns_sk->lock);
}
/*
@@ -71,24 +85,64 @@ static struct pernet_operations rxe_net_ops = {
.size = sizeof(struct rxe_ns_sock),
};
-struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_sk4(struct net *net)
+static struct sock *rxe_ns_hold(struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk,
+ struct sock __rcu **skp, int *nrp,
+ struct net *net, rxe_sk_create_t create)
{
- struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk = net_generic(net, rxe_pernet_id);
struct sock *sk;
- rcu_read_lock();
- sk = rcu_dereference(ns_sk->rxe_sk4);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ mutex_lock(&ns_sk->lock);
+ sk = rcu_dereference_protected(*skp, lockdep_is_held(&ns_sk->lock));
+ if (sk) {
+ (*nrp)++;
+ mutex_unlock(&ns_sk->lock);
+ return sk;
+ }
+
+ sk = create(net);
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sk)) {
+ mutex_unlock(&ns_sk->lock);
+ return sk;
+ }
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(*skp, sk);
+ *nrp = 1;
+ mutex_unlock(&ns_sk->lock);
return sk;
}
-void rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk4(struct net *net, struct sock *sk)
+static void rxe_ns_put(struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk,
+ struct sock __rcu **skp, int *nrp)
+{
+ struct sock *sk = NULL;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ns_sk->lock);
+ if (*nrp > 0 && --(*nrp) == 0) {
+ sk = rcu_dereference_protected(*skp,
+ lockdep_is_held(&ns_sk->lock));
+ rcu_assign_pointer(*skp, NULL);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&ns_sk->lock);
+
+ if (sk) {
+ synchronize_rcu();
+ udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk);
+ }
+}
+
+struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_hold_sk4(struct net *net, rxe_sk_create_t create)
+{
+ struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk = net_generic(net, rxe_pernet_id);
+
+ return rxe_ns_hold(ns_sk, &ns_sk->rxe_sk4, &ns_sk->nr_sk4, net, create);
+}
+
+void rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk4(struct net *net)
{
struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk = net_generic(net, rxe_pernet_id);
- rcu_assign_pointer(ns_sk->rxe_sk4, sk);
- synchronize_rcu();
+ rxe_ns_put(ns_sk, &ns_sk->rxe_sk4, &ns_sk->nr_sk4);
}
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
@@ -104,12 +158,18 @@ struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_sk6(struct net *net)
return sk;
}
-void rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk6(struct net *net, struct sock *sk)
+struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_hold_sk6(struct net *net, rxe_sk_create_t create)
+{
+ struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk = net_generic(net, rxe_pernet_id);
+
+ return rxe_ns_hold(ns_sk, &ns_sk->rxe_sk6, &ns_sk->nr_sk6, net, create);
+}
+
+void rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk6(struct net *net)
{
struct rxe_ns_sock *ns_sk = net_generic(net, rxe_pernet_id);
- rcu_assign_pointer(ns_sk->rxe_sk6, sk);
- synchronize_rcu();
+ rxe_ns_put(ns_sk, &ns_sk->rxe_sk6, &ns_sk->nr_sk6);
}
#endif /* IPV6 */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.h
index 4da2709e6b71..fe96b8abb8dc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_ns.h
@@ -3,19 +3,35 @@
#ifndef RXE_NS_H
#define RXE_NS_H
-struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_sk4(struct net *net);
-void rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk4(struct net *net, struct sock *sk);
+/*
+ * Factory used to create a shared per-namespace tunnel socket while the
+ * pernet lock is held. It must return:
+ * - a valid sk on success,
+ * - NULL if the address family is unsupported (not treated as an error),
+ * - an ERR_PTR() on failure.
+ */
+typedef struct sock *(*rxe_sk_create_t)(struct net *net);
+
+struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_hold_sk4(struct net *net, rxe_sk_create_t create);
+void rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk4(struct net *net);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-void rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk6(struct net *net, struct sock *sk);
struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_sk6(struct net *net);
+struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_hold_sk6(struct net *net, rxe_sk_create_t create);
+void rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk6(struct net *net);
#else /* IPv6 */
static inline struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_sk6(struct net *net)
{
return NULL;
}
-static inline void rxe_ns_pernet_set_sk6(struct net *net, struct sock *sk)
+static inline struct sock *rxe_ns_pernet_hold_sk6(struct net *net,
+ rxe_sk_create_t create)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void rxe_ns_pernet_put_sk6(struct net *net)
{
}
#endif /* IPv6 */
--
2.54.0
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