From: Moksh Panicker <mokshpanicker.7@gmail.com>
To: kuba@kernel.org
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, shuah@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Moksh Panicker <mokshpanicker.7@gmail.com>,
syzbot+1cf303af03cf30b1275a@syzkaller.appspot.com
Subject: [PATCH v3] netdevsim: fix deadlock in del_device_store() and nsim_bus_exit()
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:34:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617003429.51968-1-mokshpanicker.7@gmail.com> (raw)
del_device_store() and nsim_bus_exit() both hold nsim_bus_dev_list_lock
while calling nsim_bus_dev_del(), which internally calls
device_unregister() and acquires the device lock. If another thread
already holds the device lock and tries to acquire
nsim_bus_dev_list_lock, a deadlock occurs.
Fix del_device_store() by releasing nsim_bus_dev_list_lock before
calling nsim_bus_dev_del(), after the device has already been removed
from the list with list_del().
Fix nsim_bus_exit() by using list_splice_init() to move all entries to
a local list while holding the lock, then calling nsim_bus_dev_del() on
each entry outside the lock.
Reported-by: syzbot+1cf303af03cf30b1275a@syzkaller.appspot.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1cf303af03cf30b1275a
Signed-off-by: Moksh Panicker <mokshpanicker.7@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c | 18 ++++++++----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
index 41483e371..deb937077 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ static const struct device_type nsim_bus_dev_type = {
static struct nsim_bus_dev *
nsim_bus_dev_new(unsigned int id, unsigned int port_count, unsigned int num_queues);
+static void nsim_bus_dev_del(struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev);
+
static ssize_t
new_device_store(const struct bus_type *bus, const char *buf, size_t count)
{
@@ -182,7 +184,6 @@ new_device_store(const struct bus_type *bus, const char *buf, size_t count)
}
mutex_lock(&nsim_bus_dev_list_lock);
- /* Prevent to use resource before initialization. */
if (!smp_load_acquire(&nsim_bus_enable)) {
err = -EBUSY;
goto err;
@@ -195,12 +196,9 @@ new_device_store(const struct bus_type *bus, const char *buf, size_t count)
}
refcount_inc(&nsim_bus_devs);
- /* Allow using nsim_bus_dev */
smp_store_release(&nsim_bus_dev->init, true);
-
list_add_tail(&nsim_bus_dev->list, &nsim_bus_dev_list);
mutex_unlock(&nsim_bus_dev_list_lock);
-
return count;
err:
mutex_unlock(&nsim_bus_dev_list_lock);
@@ -208,7 +206,6 @@ new_device_store(const struct bus_type *bus, const char *buf, size_t count)
}
static BUS_ATTR_WO(new_device);
-static void nsim_bus_dev_del(struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev);
static ssize_t
del_device_store(const struct bus_type *bus, const char *buf, size_t count)
@@ -241,11 +238,12 @@ del_device_store(const struct bus_type *bus, const char *buf, size_t count)
if (nsim_bus_dev->dev.id != id)
continue;
list_del(&nsim_bus_dev->list);
- nsim_bus_dev_del(nsim_bus_dev);
err = 0;
break;
}
mutex_unlock(&nsim_bus_dev_list_lock);
+ if (!err)
+ nsim_bus_dev_del(nsim_bus_dev);
return !err ? count : err;
}
static BUS_ATTR_WO(del_device);
@@ -520,6 +518,7 @@ int nsim_bus_init(void)
void nsim_bus_exit(void)
{
struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev, *tmp;
+ LIST_HEAD(delete_list);
/* Disallow using resources */
smp_store_release(&nsim_bus_enable, false);
@@ -527,11 +526,10 @@ void nsim_bus_exit(void)
complete(&nsim_bus_devs_released);
mutex_lock(&nsim_bus_dev_list_lock);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(nsim_bus_dev, tmp, &nsim_bus_dev_list, list) {
- list_del(&nsim_bus_dev->list);
- nsim_bus_dev_del(nsim_bus_dev);
- }
+ list_splice_init(&nsim_bus_dev_list, &delete_list);
mutex_unlock(&nsim_bus_dev_list_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(nsim_bus_dev, tmp, &delete_list, list)
+ nsim_bus_dev_del(nsim_bus_dev);
wait_for_completion(&nsim_bus_devs_released);
--
2.34.1
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