From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
coreteam@netfilter.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: nf_log_syslog: no longer acquire sk_callback_lock in nf_log_dump_sk_uid_gid()
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:33:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224123347.3163030-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
After commit 983512f3a87f ("net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp()")
from Sebastian Andrzej Siewior, apply the same logic in nf_log_dump_sk_uid_gid()
to avoid touching sk_callback_lock.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
index 41503847d9d7fb21824fabb1b57b45f2622b9310..dee6be17440c6c0f202fc2ba67129437879e45a6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
@@ -165,18 +165,28 @@ static struct nf_logger nf_arp_logger __read_mostly = {
static void nf_log_dump_sk_uid_gid(struct net *net, struct nf_log_buf *m,
struct sock *sk)
{
+ const struct socket *sock;
+ const struct file *file;
+
if (!sk || !sk_fullsock(sk) || !net_eq(net, sock_net(sk)))
return;
- read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
- if (sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file) {
- const struct cred *cred = sk->sk_socket->file->f_cred;
+ /* The sk pointer remains valid as long as the skb is. The sk_socket and
+ * file pointer may become NULL if the socket is closed. Both structures
+ * (including file->cred) are RCU freed which means they can be accessed
+ * within a RCU read section.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ sock = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_socket);
+ file = sock ? READ_ONCE(sock->file) : NULL;
+ if (file) {
+ const struct cred *cred = file->f_cred;
nf_log_buf_add(m, "UID=%u GID=%u ",
from_kuid_munged(&init_user_ns, cred->fsuid),
from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, cred->fsgid));
}
- read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
static noinline_for_stack int
--
2.53.0.371.g1d285c8824-goog
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2026-02-24 12:33 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-02-24 12:54 ` [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: nf_log_syslog: no longer acquire sk_callback_lock in nf_log_dump_sk_uid_gid() Florian Westphal
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