Re: [patch net-next v2] net: ethtool: fix unheld rtnl lock

[Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>]

Hi,

Thanks for addressing this. I do have some comments though :

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:06:13 -0300
Diogo Jahchan Koike <djahchankoike@gmail.com> wrote:

> ethnl_req_get_phydev should be called with rtnl lock held.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+ec369e6d58e210135f71@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ec369e6d58e210135f71
> Fixes: 31748765bed3 ("net: ethtool: pse-pd: Target the command to the requested PHY")
> Signed-off-by: Diogo Jahchan Koike <djahchankoike@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/ethtool/pse-pd.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ethtool/pse-pd.c b/net/ethtool/pse-pd.c
> index 507cb21d6bf0..0cd298851ea1 100644
> --- a/net/ethtool/pse-pd.c
> +++ b/net/ethtool/pse-pd.c
> @@ -227,8 +227,11 @@ ethnl_set_pse_validate(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct genl_info *info)
>  	struct nlattr **tb = info->attrs;
>  	struct phy_device *phydev;
>  
> +	rtnl_lock();
>  	phydev = ethnl_req_get_phydev(req_info, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PSE_HEADER],
>  				      info->extack);
> +	rtnl_unlock();

RTNL lock must be held until the PHY device is no longer being used, as
it may disappear at any point [1]. RTNL protects against that. The first
iteration of your patch had the right idea, as the lock was released at
the end of the function.

[1] : https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/tree/net/ethtool/netlink.h#n281

Thanks,

Maxime