Re: [PATCH net 0/4] pull request: fixes for ovpn 2026-08-09

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Aug 09, 2026 at 11:21:25PM +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> This is a resend of the patchset from Aug 7th, with the
> alloc_workqueue() warning fixed. I hope I am not too late!
> 
> This batch collects four ovpn fixes for net that I considered critical
> enough. Anything else has been postponed to after the release (or will
> directly go to net-next).
> 
> All patches in this set are from Ralf, addressing key-slot and workqueue
> lifetime issues:
> * a NULL dereference when killing a key that is not installed on the
>   peer;
> * crypto completion callbacks that could continue their cleanup after
>   releasing the peer reference gating netdev and module teardown;
> * deferred work running on the global workqueues with no driver-owned
>   drain point at module exit;
> * AEAD transforms being freed from an RCU callback even though
>   crypto_free_aead() may sleep.
> 
> The series went through six rounds of sashiko pre-review on
> openvpn-devel and should now be sashiko-free[tm].
> 
> Sashiko will still report pre-existing issues, but like I said above,
> they are not critical and will be addressed later.
> 
> 
> Please pull or let me know of any issue!
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 	Antonio
> 
> The following changes since commit 594d905195024b228c962627ae5ae7c17bd582a4:
> 
>   af_unix: Unlink scc_entry in unix_del_edge(). (2026-08-06 11:52:48 -0700)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-net-next.git tags/ovpn-net-20260809
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 2da3dfa1ddfe55a065f484750c83660e3bd4ac00:
> 
>   ovpn: defer key slot crypto freeing to workqueue (2026-08-09 22:47:57 +0200)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Included fixes:
> * release key slot crypto transforms from a workqueue rather than an RCU
>   callback, because crypto_free_aead() may sleep with async or hardware
>   implementations
> * run all deferred ovpn work on a module-owned workqueue and drain it on
>   module exit, so no work item can still be executing module text after
>   the module is unloaded
> * finish crypto callback cleanup (key slot release and leftover skb)
>   before dropping the peer reference that gates netdev unregistration
>   and module removal
> * avoid dereferencing a NULL key slot when userspace asks to kill a key
>   that is not installed on the peer
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Ralf Lici (4):
>       ovpn: fix NULL dereference when killing missing key
>       ovpn: finish crypto callback cleanup before peer release
>       ovpn: run deferred work on a module-owned workqueue
>       ovpn: defer key slot crypto freeing to workqueue

FTR, I reviewed this and it all looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>