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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, pablo@netfilter.org,
	fw@strlen.de, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, kuniyu@google.com,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/4] inet: frags: avoid theoretical race in ip_frag_reinit()
Date: Sat,  6 Dec 2025 17:09:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251207010942.1672972-2-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251207010942.1672972-1-kuba@kernel.org>

In ip_frag_reinit() we want to move the frag timeout timer into
the future. If the timer fires in the meantime we inadvertently
scheduled it again, and since the timer assumes a ref on frag_queue
we need to acquire one to balance things out.

This is technically racy, we should have acquired the reference
_before_ we touch the timer, it may fire again before we take the ref.
Avoid this entire dance by using mod_timer_pending() which only modifies
the timer if its pending (and which exists since Linux v2.6.30)

Note that this was the only place we ever took a ref on frag_queue
since Eric's conversion to RCU. So we could potentially replace
the whole refcnt field with an atomic flag and a bit more RCU.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
 net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c | 4 +++-
 net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c   | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
index 025895eb6ec5..30f4fa50ee2d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
@@ -327,7 +327,9 @@ static struct inet_frag_queue *inet_frag_alloc(struct fqdir *fqdir,
 
 	timer_setup(&q->timer, f->frag_expire, 0);
 	spin_lock_init(&q->lock);
-	/* One reference for the timer, one for the hash table. */
+	/* One reference for the timer, one for the hash table.
+	 * We never take any extra references, only decrement this field.
+	 */
 	refcount_set(&q->refcnt, 2);
 
 	return q;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index f7012479713b..d7bccdc9dc69 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -242,10 +242,8 @@ static int ip_frag_reinit(struct ipq *qp)
 {
 	unsigned int sum_truesize = 0;
 
-	if (!mod_timer(&qp->q.timer, jiffies + qp->q.fqdir->timeout)) {
-		refcount_inc(&qp->q.refcnt);
+	if (!mod_timer_pending(&qp->q.timer, jiffies + qp->q.fqdir->timeout))
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
-	}
 
 	sum_truesize = inet_frag_rbtree_purge(&qp->q.rb_fragments,
 					      SKB_DROP_REASON_FRAG_TOO_FAR);
-- 
2.52.0


  reply	other threads:[~2025-12-07  1:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-07  1:09 [PATCH net 0/4] inet: frags: flush pending skbs in fqdir_pre_exit() Jakub Kicinski
2025-12-07  1:09 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-12-08 15:18   ` [PATCH net 1/4] inet: frags: avoid theoretical race in ip_frag_reinit() Eric Dumazet
2025-12-07  1:09 ` [PATCH net 2/4] inet: frags: add inet_frag_queue_flush() Jakub Kicinski
2025-12-08 15:19   ` Eric Dumazet
2025-12-07  1:09 ` [PATCH net 3/4] inet: frags: flush pending skbs in fqdir_pre_exit() Jakub Kicinski
2025-12-08 15:17   ` Eric Dumazet
2025-12-07  1:09 ` [PATCH net 4/4] netfilter: conntrack: warn when cleanup is stuck Jakub Kicinski
2025-12-07 10:21   ` Florian Westphal
2025-12-08 15:20     ` Eric Dumazet
2025-12-10  9:50 ` [PATCH net 0/4] inet: frags: flush pending skbs in fqdir_pre_exit() patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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