* [PATCH net] wireguard: mark racy persistent_keepalive_interval accesses
@ 2026-10-11 10:23 Nguyen Ngoc Thang
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From: Nguyen Ngoc Thang @ 2026-10-11 10:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jason A . Donenfeld, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Andrew Lunn, wireguard, netdev, linux-kernel, Nguyen Ngoc Thang,
syzbot+de9701a2cad597c14d34
wg_set_device_doit() updates peer->persistent_keepalive_interval under
device_update_lock, while the RX/TX paths read it locklessly in
wg_timers_any_authenticated_packet_traversal() and in the persistent
keepalive timer. KCSAN reports the race:
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in set_peer / wg_timers_any_authenticated_packet_traversal
write to ... by task 3648 on cpu 1:
set_peer+0x... drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c:457
wg_set_device_doit+0x...
read to ... by task 3652 on cpu 0:
wg_timers_any_authenticated_packet_traversal+0x... timers.c:217
wg_packet_consume_data_done+0x...
wg_packet_rx_poll+0x...
The race is benign, but the reader also loads the field twice, so the
zero check and the timer expiry computation can see different values.
Load it once with READ_ONCE() and mark the writer and the other
lockless reader accordingly.
Reported-by: syzbot+de9701a2cad597c14d34@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=de9701a2cad597c14d34
Fixes: e7096c131e51 ("net: WireGuard secure network tunnel")
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Ngoc Thang <ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c | 3 ++-
drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
index 1da7e98d0d50..fafe2900c92b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ static int set_peer(struct wg_device *wg, struct nlattr **attrs)
persistent_keepalive_interval &&
netif_running(wg->dev);
- peer->persistent_keepalive_interval = persistent_keepalive_interval;
+ WRITE_ONCE(peer->persistent_keepalive_interval,
+ persistent_keepalive_interval);
if (send_keepalive)
wg_packet_send_keepalive(peer);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c
index 4016a3065602..c4697e8522b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void wg_expired_send_persistent_keepalive(struct timer_list *timer)
struct wg_peer *peer = timer_container_of(peer, timer,
timer_persistent_keepalive);
- if (likely(peer->persistent_keepalive_interval))
+ if (likely(READ_ONCE(peer->persistent_keepalive_interval)))
wg_packet_send_keepalive(peer);
}
@@ -214,9 +214,11 @@ void wg_timers_session_derived(struct wg_peer *peer)
*/
void wg_timers_any_authenticated_packet_traversal(struct wg_peer *peer)
{
- if (peer->persistent_keepalive_interval)
+ u16 interval = READ_ONCE(peer->persistent_keepalive_interval);
+
+ if (interval)
mod_peer_timer(peer, &peer->timer_persistent_keepalive,
- jiffies + peer->persistent_keepalive_interval * HZ);
+ jiffies + interval * HZ);
}
void wg_timers_init(struct wg_peer *peer)
--
2.43.0
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