From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, linux-can@vger.kernel.org,
kernel@pengutronix.de,
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>,
stable@kernel.org, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH net 01/20] can: j1939: use netdevice_tracker for j1939_{priv,session,ecu} tracking
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:12:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729102802.505168-2-mkl@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260729102802.505168-1-mkl@pengutronix.de>
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
syzbot is still reporting
unregister_netdevice: waiting for vcan0 to become free. Usage count = 2
problem. A debug printk() patch in linux-next-20260508 identified that
there is dev_hold()/dev_put() imbalance in j1939_priv management.
Call trace for vcan0[26] +4 at
__dev_hold include/linux/netdevice.h:4470 [inline]
netdev_hold include/linux/netdevice.h:4513 [inline]
dev_hold include/linux/netdevice.h:4536 [inline]
j1939_priv_create net/can/j1939/main.c:140 [inline]
j1939_netdev_start+0x36b/0xc10 net/can/j1939/main.c:268
j1939_sk_bind+0x853/0xb30 net/can/j1939/socket.c:506
__sys_bind_socket net/socket.c:1948 [inline]
__sys_bind+0x2e9/0x410 net/socket.c:1979
Call trace for vcan0[28] -3 at
__dev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4456 [inline]
netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4523 [inline]
dev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4548 [inline]
__j1939_priv_release net/can/j1939/main.c:166 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
j1939_priv_put+0x128/0x270 net/can/j1939/main.c:172
j1939_sk_sock_destruct+0x52/0x90 net/can/j1939/socket.c:388
__sk_destruct+0x8d/0x9d0 net/core/sock.c:2352
rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 [inline]
rcu_core kernel/rcu/tree.c:2869 [inline]
rcu_cpu_kthread+0x99e/0x1470 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2957
smpboot_thread_fn+0x541/0xa50 kernel/smpboot.c:160
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
This refcount leak in j1939_priv might be caused by a refcount leak in
j1939_{session,ecu} because j1939_{session,ecu} holds a ref on j1939_priv.
For further investigation using upstream kernels, enable netdevice_tracker
in j1939_{priv,session,ecu} management.
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Acked-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260728055835.1151785-2-o.rempel@pengutronix.de
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
---
net/can/j1939/bus.c | 2 ++
net/can/j1939/j1939-priv.h | 3 +++
net/can/j1939/main.c | 8 ++++----
net/can/j1939/transport.c | 2 ++
4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/can/j1939/bus.c b/net/can/j1939/bus.c
index dc374286eeb6..cdc3c0a71937 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/bus.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/bus.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static void __j1939_ecu_release(struct kref *kref)
struct j1939_priv *priv = ecu->priv;
list_del(&ecu->list);
+ netdev_put(priv->ndev, &ecu->priv_dev_tracker);
kfree(ecu);
j1939_priv_put(priv);
}
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ struct j1939_ecu *j1939_ecu_create_locked(struct j1939_priv *priv, name_t name)
if (!ecu)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
kref_init(&ecu->kref);
+ netdev_hold(priv->ndev, &ecu->priv_dev_tracker, gfp_any());
ecu->addr = J1939_IDLE_ADDR;
ecu->name = name;
diff --git a/net/can/j1939/j1939-priv.h b/net/can/j1939/j1939-priv.h
index 81f58924b4ac..cf26352d1d8c 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/j1939-priv.h
+++ b/net/can/j1939/j1939-priv.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct j1939_ecu {
struct hrtimer ac_timer;
struct kref kref;
struct j1939_priv *priv;
+ netdevice_tracker priv_dev_tracker;
/* count users, to help transport protocol decide for interaction */
int nusers;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ struct j1939_priv {
rwlock_t lock;
struct net_device *ndev;
+ netdevice_tracker dev_tracker;
/* list of 256 ecu ptrs, that cache the claimed addresses.
* also protected by the above lock
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ enum j1939_session_state {
struct j1939_session {
struct j1939_priv *priv;
+ netdevice_tracker priv_dev_tracker;
struct list_head active_session_list_entry;
struct list_head sk_session_queue_entry;
struct kref kref;
diff --git a/net/can/j1939/main.c b/net/can/j1939/main.c
index 9937c04241bc..5e5e6c228f22 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/main.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/main.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static struct j1939_priv *j1939_priv_create(struct net_device *ndev)
priv->ndev = ndev;
kref_init(&priv->kref);
kref_init(&priv->rx_kref);
- dev_hold(ndev);
+ netdev_hold(ndev, &priv->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
netdev_dbg(priv->ndev, "%s : 0x%p\n", __func__, priv);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void __j1939_priv_release(struct kref *kref)
WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&priv->ecus));
WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&priv->j1939_socks));
- dev_put(ndev);
+ netdev_put(ndev, &priv->dev_tracker);
kfree(priv);
}
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ struct j1939_priv *j1939_netdev_start(struct net_device *ndev)
*/
kref_get(&priv_new->rx_kref);
mutex_unlock(&j1939_netdev_lock);
- dev_put(ndev);
+ netdev_put(ndev, &priv->dev_tracker);
kfree(priv);
return priv_new;
}
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct j1939_priv *j1939_netdev_start(struct net_device *ndev)
j1939_priv_set(ndev, NULL);
mutex_unlock(&j1939_netdev_lock);
- dev_put(ndev);
+ netdev_put(ndev, &priv->dev_tracker);
kfree(priv);
return ERR_PTR(ret);
diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
index 8a31cb23bc76..98f96362b20f 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ static void j1939_session_destroy(struct j1939_session *session)
kfree_skb(skb);
}
__j1939_session_drop(session);
+ netdev_put(session->priv->ndev, &session->priv_dev_tracker);
j1939_priv_put(session->priv);
kfree(session);
}
@@ -1526,6 +1527,7 @@ static struct j1939_session *j1939_session_new(struct j1939_priv *priv,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&session->active_session_list_entry);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&session->sk_session_queue_entry);
kref_init(&session->kref);
+ netdev_hold(priv->ndev, &session->priv_dev_tracker, gfp_any());
j1939_priv_get(priv);
session->priv = priv;
base-commit: 3bd438a58e910db5dc369aa25dfed1fc95f1b596
--
2.53.0
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2026-07-29 10:12 [PATCH net 0/20] pull-request: can 2026-07-29 Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` Marc Kleine-Budde [this message]
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 02/20] can: j1939: transport: j1939_session_fresh_new(): initialize receive buffer Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 03/20] can: isotp: fix timer drain order, wakeup handling and tx_gen ordering Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 04/20] can: isotp: check register_netdevice_notifier() error in module init Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 05/20] can: ctucanfd: unmap BAR0 using base address Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 06/20] can: ctucanfd: mark error-active controller status valid Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 07/20] can: ctucanfd: handle bus error interrupts Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 08/20] can: ctucanfd: use self-test mode for PRESUME_ACK Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 09/20] can: ctucanfd: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 10/20] can: peak_usb: add bounds check for USB channel index Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 11/20] can: peak_usb: peak_usb_start(): fix double free of transfer buffer on URB submit error Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 12/20] can: peak_usb: validate uCAN receive record lengths Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 13/20] can: kvaser_usb: kvaser_usb_hydra_get_busparams(): fix memory leak in kvaser_usb_hydra_get_busparams() Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 14/20] can: kvaser_usb_leaf: kvaser_usb_leaf_wait_cmd(): validate received command extents Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 15/20] can: rcar_canfd: change the initializing flow for clocks and resets Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 16/20] can: softing: fw_parse(): validate firmware record spans Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 17/20] can: c_can: c_can_chip_config(): keep controller in init mode until bittiming is configured Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 18/20] can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): resubmit URB on skb allocation failure Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:12 ` [PATCH net 19/20] can: etas_es58x: es58x_read_bulk_callback(): fix RX buffer leak on URB resubmit failure Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-07-29 10:13 ` [PATCH net 20/20] can: ems_usb: validate CPC message lengths Marc Kleine-Budde
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