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From: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
	edumazet@google.com, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	horms@kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
	allison.henderson@oracle.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 1/4] net/rds: Fix NULL pointer dereference in rds_tcp_accept_one
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:32:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260212053230.1921241-2-achender@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260212053230.1921241-1-achender@kernel.org>

Hold a local reference to new_sock->sk before installing callbacks
in rds_tcp_accept_one. After rds_tcp_set_callbacks() or
rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(), tc->t_sock is set to new_sock which
may race with the shutdown path.  A concurrent
rds_tcp_conn_path_shutdown() may call sock_release(), which sets
new_sock->sk = NULL and frees sk.

Subsequent accesses to new_sock->sk->sk_state dereference NULL,
causing the null dereference. So a local sock reference with
sock_hold() before installing callbacks will prevent the race.

Fixes: 826c1004d4ae ("net/rds: rds_tcp_conn_path_shutdown must not discard messages")
Reported-by: syzbot+96046021045ffe6d7709@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=96046021045ffe6d7709
Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
---
 net/rds/tcp_listen.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
index 6fb5c928b8fd..cdc86473a1ba 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ int rds_tcp_accept_one(struct rds_tcp_net *rtn)
 	struct rds_tcp_connection *rs_tcp = NULL;
 	int conn_state;
 	struct rds_conn_path *cp;
+	struct sock *sk;
 	struct in6_addr *my_addr, *peer_addr;
 #if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	struct in6_addr saddr, daddr;
@@ -298,6 +299,14 @@ int rds_tcp_accept_one(struct rds_tcp_net *rtn)
 		rds_conn_path_drop(cp, 0);
 		goto rst_nsk;
 	}
+	/* Hold a local reference to sk before setting callbacks. Once callbacks
+	 * are set, it is possible for a concurrent rds_tcp_conn_path_shutdown
+	 * call to release the new_sock->sk and set it to NULL.  So we use
+	 * a local sk here to avoid racing with callbacks
+	 */
+	sk = new_sock->sk;
+	sock_hold(sk);
+
 	if (rs_tcp->t_sock) {
 		/* Duelling SYN has been handled in rds_tcp_accept_one() */
 		rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(new_sock, cp);
@@ -316,13 +325,15 @@ int rds_tcp_accept_one(struct rds_tcp_net *rtn)
 	 * knowing that "rds_tcp_conn_path_shutdown" will
 	 * dequeue pending messages.
 	 */
-	if (new_sock->sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE_WAIT ||
-	    new_sock->sk->sk_state == TCP_LAST_ACK ||
-	    new_sock->sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE)
+	if (READ_ONCE(sk->sk_state) == TCP_CLOSE_WAIT ||
+	    READ_ONCE(sk->sk_state) == TCP_LAST_ACK ||
+	    READ_ONCE(sk->sk_state) == TCP_CLOSE)
 		rds_conn_path_drop(cp, 0);
 	else
 		queue_delayed_work(cp->cp_wq, &cp->cp_recv_w, 0);
 
+	sock_put(sk);
+
 	new_sock = NULL;
 	ret = 0;
 	if (conn->c_npaths == 0)
-- 
2.43.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-12  5:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-12  5:32 [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] net/rds: RDS-TCP reconnect and fanout improvements Allison Henderson
2026-02-12  5:32 ` Allison Henderson [this message]
2026-02-12  5:32 ` [PATCH net-next v4 2/4] net/rds: Refactor __rds_conn_create for blocking transport cleanup Allison Henderson
2026-02-12  5:32 ` [PATCH net-next v4 3/4] net/rds: Delegate fan-out to a background worker Allison Henderson
2026-02-12  5:32 ` [PATCH net-next v4 4/4] net/rds: Use proper peer port number even when not connected Allison Henderson
2026-02-12 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] net/rds: RDS-TCP reconnect and fanout improvements Paolo Abeni
2026-02-13  6:42   ` Allison Henderson

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