From: Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: steffen.klassert@secunet.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
davem@davemloft.net, Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xfrm: iptfs: fix deadlock in iptfs_destroy_state
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:51:38 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260413085138.72623-1-phx0fer@gmail.com> (raw)
iptfs_destroy_state() acquires x->lock (spin_lock_bh) and then calls
hrtimer_cancel(&xtfs->iptfs_timer). The timer callback
iptfs_delay_timer() also acquires x->lock (spin_lock). If the timer
fires on another CPU during destroy, hrtimer_cancel() waits for the
callback to complete, but the callback is blocked trying to acquire
the same lock — a classic ABBA deadlock.
The same pattern exists for drop_timer: destroy holds drop_lock and
calls hrtimer_cancel(&xtfs->drop_timer), while iptfs_drop_timer()
also acquires drop_lock.
Fix by cancelling the timers before acquiring the locks. The timer
callbacks check for state validity, so a late cancel is safe. The
queue splice is still done under the lock for consistency.
Fixes: 4b3faf610cc6 ("xfrm: iptfs: add new iptfs xfrm mode impl")
Signed-off-by: Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
index 97bc979e55ba..11291b87158c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
@@ -2708,8 +2708,10 @@ static void iptfs_destroy_state(struct xfrm_state *x)
if (!xtfs)
return;
- spin_lock_bh(&xtfs->x->lock);
hrtimer_cancel(&xtfs->iptfs_timer);
+ hrtimer_cancel(&xtfs->drop_timer);
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&xtfs->x->lock);
__skb_queue_head_init(&list);
skb_queue_splice_init(&xtfs->queue, &list);
spin_unlock_bh(&xtfs->x->lock);
@@ -2717,9 +2719,7 @@ static void iptfs_destroy_state(struct xfrm_state *x)
while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&list)))
kfree_skb(skb);
- spin_lock_bh(&xtfs->drop_lock);
- hrtimer_cancel(&xtfs->drop_timer);
- spin_unlock_bh(&xtfs->drop_lock);
+ /* drop_timer already cancelled above */
if (xtfs->ra_newskb)
kfree_skb(xtfs->ra_newskb);
--
2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-13 8:51 UTC|newest]
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2026-04-13 8:51 Dudu Lu [this message]
2026-04-15 14:35 ` [PATCH] xfrm: iptfs: fix deadlock in iptfs_destroy_state Simon Horman
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