[PATCH net] ping: annotate data-races in ping_lookup()

[PATCH net] ping: annotate data-races in ping_lookup()

[Eric Dumazet]

isk->inet_num, isk->inet_rcv_saddr and sk->sk_bound_dev_if
are read locklessly in ping_lookup().

Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations.

The race on isk->inet_rcv_saddr is probably coming from IPv6 support,
but does not deserve a specific backport.

Fixes: dbca1596bbb0 ("ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ping.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c
index ebfc5a3d3ad640980b53f67ac9041783a85228c0..71d5e17719debb14ca2400edcf5a2cc3153291c6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void ping_unhash(struct sock *sk)
 	pr_debug("ping_unhash(isk=%p,isk->num=%u)\n", isk, isk->inet_num);
 	spin_lock(&ping_table.lock);
 	if (sk_del_node_init_rcu(sk)) {
-		isk->inet_num = 0;
+		WRITE_ONCE(isk->inet_num, 0);
 		isk->inet_sport = 0;
 		sock_prot_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), sk->sk_prot, -1);
 	}
@@ -181,31 +181,35 @@ static struct sock *ping_lookup(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 ident)
 	}
 
 	sk_for_each_rcu(sk, hslot) {
+		int bound_dev_if;
+
 		if (!net_eq(sock_net(sk), net))
 			continue;
 		isk = inet_sk(sk);
 
 		pr_debug("iterate\n");
-		if (isk->inet_num != ident)
+		if (READ_ONCE(isk->inet_num) != ident)
 			continue;
 
+		bound_dev_if = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_bound_dev_if);
 		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) &&
 		    sk->sk_family == AF_INET) {
+			__be32 rcv_saddr = READ_ONCE(isk->inet_rcv_saddr);
+
 			pr_debug("found: %p: num=%d, daddr=%pI4, dif=%d\n", sk,
-				 (int) isk->inet_num, &isk->inet_rcv_saddr,
-				 sk->sk_bound_dev_if);
+				 ident, &rcv_saddr,
+				 bound_dev_if);
 
-			if (isk->inet_rcv_saddr &&
-			    isk->inet_rcv_saddr != ip_hdr(skb)->daddr)
+			if (rcv_saddr && rcv_saddr != ip_hdr(skb)->daddr)
 				continue;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 		} else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6) &&
 			   sk->sk_family == AF_INET6) {
 
 			pr_debug("found: %p: num=%d, daddr=%pI6c, dif=%d\n", sk,
-				 (int) isk->inet_num,
+				 ident,
 				 &sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr,
-				 sk->sk_bound_dev_if);
+				 bound_dev_if);
 
 			if (!ipv6_addr_any(&sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr) &&
 			    !ipv6_addr_equal(&sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr,
@@ -216,8 +220,8 @@ static struct sock *ping_lookup(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 ident)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (sk->sk_bound_dev_if && sk->sk_bound_dev_if != dif &&
-		    sk->sk_bound_dev_if != sdif)
+		if (bound_dev_if && bound_dev_if != dif &&
+		    bound_dev_if != sdif)
 			continue;
 
 		goto exit;
@@ -392,7 +396,9 @@ static void ping_set_saddr(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *saddr)
 	if (saddr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
 		struct inet_sock *isk = inet_sk(sk);
 		struct sockaddr_in *addr = (struct sockaddr_in *) saddr;
-		isk->inet_rcv_saddr = isk->inet_saddr = addr->sin_addr.s_addr;
+
+		isk->inet_saddr = addr->sin_addr.s_addr;
+		WRITE_ONCE(isk->inet_rcv_saddr, addr->sin_addr.s_addr);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	} else if (saddr->sa_family == AF_INET6) {
 		struct sockaddr_in6 *addr = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) saddr;
@@ -850,7 +856,8 @@ int ping_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, int flags,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int copied, err;
 
-	pr_debug("ping_recvmsg(sk=%p,sk->num=%u)\n", isk, isk->inet_num);
+	pr_debug("ping_recvmsg(sk=%p,sk->num=%u)\n", isk,
+		 READ_ONCE(isk->inet_num));
 
 	err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB)
-- 
2.53.0.310.g728cabbaf7-goog

Re: [PATCH net] ping: annotate data-races in ping_lookup()

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote:
>
> isk->inet_num, isk->inet_rcv_saddr and sk->sk_bound_dev_if
> are read locklessly in ping_lookup().
>
> Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations.
>
> The race on isk->inet_rcv_saddr is probably coming from IPv6 support,
> but does not deserve a specific backport.
>
> Fixes: dbca1596bbb0 ("ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>

Re: [PATCH net] ping: annotate data-races in ping_lookup()

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:01:49 +0000 you wrote:
> isk->inet_num, isk->inet_rcv_saddr and sk->sk_bound_dev_if
> are read locklessly in ping_lookup().
> 
> Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations.
> 
> The race on isk->inet_rcv_saddr is probably coming from IPv6 support,
> but does not deserve a specific backport.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] ping: annotate data-races in ping_lookup()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/ad5dfde2a573

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