From: Linmao Li <lilinmao@kylinos.cn>
To: davem@davemloft.net, dsahern@kernel.org, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linmao Li <lilinmao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net] ipv6: addrconf: skip ERRDAD transition when address already DEAD
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:28:42 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260420032842.1063277-1-lilinmao@kylinos.cn> (raw)
addrconf_dad_end() transitions ifp->state from DAD to POSTDAD under
ifp->lock and releases the lock. addrconf_dad_failure() takes
ifp->lock again with the spin_lock_bh() following the
net_info_ratelimited() duplicate-address log. A concurrent
ipv6_del_addr() can acquire the lock in that window, set ifp->state
to DEAD and run list_del_rcu(&ifp->if_list).
addrconf_dad_failure() then overwrites DEAD with ERRDAD at errdad:
and schedules a new dad_work. The work calls ipv6_del_addr() again,
hitting the already-poisoned list entry:
general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 4 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/4:1
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
RIP: 0010:ipv6_del_addr+0xe9/0x280
RAX: dead000000000122
Call Trace:
addrconf_dad_stop+0x113/0x140
addrconf_dad_work+0x28c/0x430
process_one_work+0x1eb/0x3b0
worker_thread+0x4d/0x400
kthread+0x104/0x140
ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
Bail out at errdad: when ifp->state is already DEAD. The existing
in6_ifa_put() releases the reference taken for this invocation.
Signed-off-by: Linmao Li <lilinmao@kylinos.cn>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 5476b6536eb7..14b1ab43da87 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2227,6 +2227,12 @@ void addrconf_dad_failure(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
errdad:
/* transition from _POSTDAD to _ERRDAD */
+ if (ifp->state == INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD) {
+ /* ipv6_del_addr() already removed ifp while lock was dropped */
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
+ in6_ifa_put(ifp);
+ return;
+ }
ifp->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_ERRDAD;
spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
--
2.25.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-20 3:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-20 3:28 Linmao Li [this message]
2026-04-21 7:50 ` [PATCH net v2] ipv6: addrconf: skip ERRDAD transition when address already DEAD Linmao Li
2026-04-22 10:43 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-04-23 2:32 ` [PATCH net v3] " Linmao Li
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