From: Yiqi Sun <sunyiqixm@gmail.com>
To: jk@codeconstruct.com.au, matt@codeconstruct.com.au
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Yiqi Sun <sunyiqixm@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: mctp: hold route device before source address lookup
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:29:26 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731022926.913865-1-sunyiqixm@gmail.com> (raw)
mctp_route_lookup() walks the route table under RCU and may find a direct
route whose route-table reference to rt->dev is being removed concurrently
by NETDEV_UNREGISTER.
Since commit 22cb45afd221 ("net: mctp: perform source address lookups
when we populate our dst"), the direct-route lookup path reads the source
address with mctp_dev_saddr(rt->dev) before mctp_dst_from_route() takes the
dst's own mctp_dev reference. If device teardown wins that race,
mctp_route_remove_dev() can delete the route and mctp_route_release() can
drop the route's mctp_dev reference to zero. mctp_dev_put() frees
mdev->addrs synchronously, while only the mctp_dev body is deferred with
kfree_rcu().
That leaves the lookup side able to read freed mdev->addrs in
mctp_dev_saddr(), or later increment a zero refcount in mctp_dev_hold().
Add a try-hold helper for mctp_dev and use it before reading the source
address from a direct route. mctp_dst_from_route() now consumes that held
reference when it populates dst. If no dst is requested, drop the temporary
reference in mctp_route_lookup(). Do the same when the route cannot be used
for a gateway path without a source address.
Fixes: 22cb45afd221 ("net: mctp: perform source address lookups when we populate our dst")
Signed-off-by: Yiqi Sun <sunyiqixm@gmail.com>
---
include/net/mctpdevice.h | 1 +
net/mctp/device.c | 5 +++++
net/mctp/route.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/mctpdevice.h b/include/net/mctpdevice.h
index 957d9ef924c5..1d052f11127c 100644
--- a/include/net/mctpdevice.h
+++ b/include/net/mctpdevice.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int mctp_register_netdev(struct net_device *dev,
void mctp_unregister_netdev(struct net_device *dev);
void mctp_dev_hold(struct mctp_dev *mdev);
+bool mctp_dev_try_hold(struct mctp_dev *mdev);
void mctp_dev_put(struct mctp_dev *mdev);
void mctp_dev_set_key(struct mctp_dev *dev, struct mctp_sk_key *key);
diff --git a/net/mctp/device.c b/net/mctp/device.c
index 2c84df674669..18b192bbfaa7 100644
--- a/net/mctp/device.c
+++ b/net/mctp/device.c
@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@ void mctp_dev_hold(struct mctp_dev *mdev)
refcount_inc(&mdev->refs);
}
+bool mctp_dev_try_hold(struct mctp_dev *mdev)
+{
+ return mdev && refcount_inc_not_zero(&mdev->refs);
+}
+
void mctp_dev_put(struct mctp_dev *mdev)
{
if (mdev && refcount_dec_and_test(&mdev->refs)) {
diff --git a/net/mctp/route.c b/net/mctp/route.c
index 1f3dccbb7aed..3d0737030917 100644
--- a/net/mctp/route.c
+++ b/net/mctp/route.c
@@ -897,15 +897,16 @@ static mctp_eid_t mctp_dev_saddr(struct mctp_dev *dev)
return addr;
}
-/* must only be called on a direct route, as the final output hop */
+/* must only be called on a direct route, as the final output hop, with a
+ * reference already held on route->dev.
+ */
static void mctp_dst_from_route(struct mctp_dst *dst, mctp_eid_t eid,
mctp_eid_t saddr, unsigned int mtu,
- struct mctp_route *route)
+ struct mctp_route *route, struct mctp_dev *dev)
{
- mctp_dev_hold(route->dev);
dst->nexthop = eid;
- dst->dev = route->dev;
- dst->mtu = READ_ONCE(dst->dev->dev->mtu);
+ dst->dev = dev;
+ dst->mtu = READ_ONCE(dev->dev->mtu);
if (mtu)
dst->mtu = min(dst->mtu, mtu);
dst->halen = 0;
@@ -998,14 +999,25 @@ int mctp_route_lookup(struct net *net, unsigned int dnet,
mtu = mtu ?: rt->mtu;
if (rt->dst_type == MCTP_ROUTE_DIRECT) {
- mctp_eid_t saddr = mctp_dev_saddr(rt->dev);
+ struct mctp_dev *dev = rt->dev;
+ mctp_eid_t saddr;
+
+ if (!mctp_dev_try_hold(dev))
+ break;
+
+ saddr = mctp_dev_saddr(dev);
/* cannot do gateway-ed routes without a src */
- if (saddr == MCTP_ADDR_NULL && depth != 0)
+ if (saddr == MCTP_ADDR_NULL && depth != 0) {
+ mctp_dev_put(dev);
break;
+ }
if (dst)
- mctp_dst_from_route(dst, daddr, saddr, mtu, rt);
+ mctp_dst_from_route(dst, daddr, saddr, mtu, rt,
+ dev);
+ else
+ mctp_dev_put(dev);
rc = 0;
break;
--
2.34.1
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