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From: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org,
	Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>,
	stable@kernel.org, Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Subject: [PATCH net 7/8] batman-adv: bla: only purge non-released claims
Date: Fri,  8 May 2026 17:43:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508154314.12817-8-sw@simonwunderlich.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260508154314.12817-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de>

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>

When batadv_bla_purge_claims() goes through the list of claims, it is only
traversing the hash list with an rcu_read_lock(). Due to a potential
parallel batadv_claim_put(), it can happen that it encounters a claim which
was actually in the process of being released+freed by
batadv_claim_release(). In this case, backbone_gw is set to NULL before the
delayed RCU kfree is started. Calling batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw() is
then no longer allowed because it would cause a NULL-ptr derefence.

To avoid this, only claims with a valid reference counter must be purged.
All others are already taken care of.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 23721387c409 ("batman-adv: add basic bridge loop avoidance code")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
---
 net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
index 8b77dd2ecfa41..879ab043d57a9 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
@@ -1288,6 +1288,13 @@ static void batadv_bla_purge_claims(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(claim, head, hash_entry) {
+			/* only purge claims not currently in the process of being released.
+			 * Such claims could otherwise have a NULL-ptr backbone_gw set because
+			 * they already went through batadv_claim_release()
+			 */
+			if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&claim->refcount))
+				continue;
+
 			backbone_gw = batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw(claim);
 			if (now)
 				goto purge_now;
@@ -1313,6 +1320,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_purge_claims(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					      claim->addr, claim->vid);
 skip:
 			batadv_backbone_gw_put(backbone_gw);
+			batadv_claim_put(claim);
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-08 15:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-08 15:43 [PATCH net 0/8] pull request: batman-adv 2026-05-08 Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-08 15:43 ` [PATCH net 1/8] batman-adv: fix integer overflow on buff_pos Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-10 17:10   ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-05-08 15:43 ` [PATCH net 2/8] batman-adv: reject new tp_meter sessions during teardown Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-08 15:43 ` [PATCH net 3/8] batman-adv: stop tp_meter sessions during mesh teardown Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-09 18:52   ` Sven Eckelmann
2026-05-08 15:43 ` [PATCH net 4/8] batman-adv: stop caching unowned originator pointers in BAT IV Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-08 15:43 ` [PATCH net 5/8] batman-adv: tp_meter: fix tp_num leak on kmalloc failure Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-08 15:43 ` [PATCH net 6/8] batman-adv: bla: prevent use-after-free when deleting claims Simon Wunderlich
2026-05-08 15:43 ` Simon Wunderlich [this message]
2026-05-08 15:43 ` [PATCH net 8/8] batman-adv: bla: put backbone reference on failed claim hash insert Simon Wunderlich

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