From: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
To: Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>,
Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v3] tipc: fix broadcast sender hang on last acker departure
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:20:23 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015022023.1894729-1-bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM7P189MB11376F05ED2439EDBC2AEE65C69D2@AM7P189MB1137.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
TIPC group broadcast senders are blocked while a replicast still has
outstanding member acks: tipc_group_bc_cong() returns true as long as
grp->bc_ackers is non-zero, and clears *grp->open, which is what
tipc_poll() uses to report EPOLLOUT (via tsk->group_is_open).
When the last outstanding acker departs before acking,
tipc_group_delete_member() decrements grp->bc_ackers to zero but
never restores *grp->open. As a result poll(EPOLLOUT) never fires
again. A writer blocked in sendmsg() is only released if some other
wakeup happens after the deletion: with TIPC_GROUP_MEMBER_EVTS the
leave event delivery calls sk_data_ready() and wakes it, but without
member events nothing does and it sleeps indefinitely, since the
default send timeout is MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT.
Commit 99cc2a62e07a ("tipc: reject invalid and unexpected
GRP_ACK_MSG to prevent bc_ackers underflow") already calls this out
in its changelog as a pre-existing issue.
Restore the open state exactly on the 1->0 transition in the delete
path, mirroring the GRP_ACK_MSG completion path, and invoke
sk->sk_write_space() from tipc_sk_filter_rcv() when the group just
became writable again.
Also make the ack accounting precise. The delete path used to test
less(m->bc_acked, grp->bc_snd_nxt - 1), which also matches members
that were never counted for the current replicast (JOINING/LEAVING
members keep a stale bc_acked), and the GRP_ACK_MSG handler accepted
an ack from any member whose bc_acked differed from the expected
value. Either could zero bc_ackers on behalf of a member that owes
nothing and silently void an ack still owed by a real acker. Track
whether a member owes an ack for the current replicast in a new
per-member bc_pending flag, set when the member is counted and
cleared when its ack arrives, and use it both to accept an ack and
to decide on deletion. bc_acked has no remaining user and is
removed. Suggested by Tung Quang Nguyen.
This issue was discovered by Tencent CodeBuddy Security.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 2f487712b893 ("tipc: guarantee that group broadcast doesn't bypass group unicast")
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
---
v3: Correct the changelog: tipc_group_bc_cong() only writes *grp->open,
and a blocked sendmsg() hangs only when nothing wakes it after the
deletion (e.g. member events disabled); also require bc_pending
in the GRP_ACK_MSG handler so an uncounted member cannot decrement
bc_ackers, and drop the now unused bc_acked field.
v2: Subject no longer claims a leak; add the reproduction; the delete
path now discriminates members that were actually counted for the
current replicast via a new per-member bc_pending flag instead
of comparing a possibly stale bc_acked (Tung Quang Nguyen).
Reproduction (two QEMU guests, TIPC over UDP bearer, groups joined
without member events; the acking peer withheld GRP_ACK_MSG via a
test-only knob to emulate the lossy peer, the sender's kernel ran
unmodified TIPC):
UNPATCHED (#88/#90, fix absent):
sender: NO POLLOUT for 30s after member departed -> STALL
sender2: R2 NEVER returned in 32s (blocked writer not woken)
PATCHED (#89, v1 of this patch):
sender: POLLOUT at t=18.5s, when the leave event was delivered
sender2: R2 returned at t=18.6s, EHOSTUNREACH on now-empty group
net/tipc/group.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
net/tipc/socket.c | 12 +++++++++++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/tipc/group.c b/net/tipc/group.c
index 74f6d3dac0784..b76edd5001ffa 100644
--- a/net/tipc/group.c
+++ b/net/tipc/group.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct tipc_member {
u16 window;
u16 bc_rcv_nxt;
u16 bc_syncpt;
- u16 bc_acked;
+ bool bc_pending;
};
struct tipc_group {
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ static struct tipc_member *tipc_group_create_member(struct tipc_group *grp,
m->node = node;
m->port = port;
m->instance = instance;
- m->bc_acked = grp->bc_snd_nxt - 1;
ret = tipc_group_add_to_tree(grp, m);
if (ret < 0) {
kfree(m);
@@ -340,9 +339,12 @@ static void tipc_group_delete_member(struct tipc_group *grp,
rb_erase(&m->tree_node, &grp->members);
grp->member_cnt--;
- /* Check if we were waiting for replicast ack from this member */
- if (grp->bc_ackers && less(m->bc_acked, grp->bc_snd_nxt - 1))
- grp->bc_ackers--;
+ /* If this member owed an ack for the current replicast and it
+ * was the last one, restore the open state so blocked broadcast
+ * senders can proceed.
+ */
+ if (grp->bc_ackers && m->bc_pending && !--grp->bc_ackers)
+ *grp->open = true;
list_del_init(&m->list);
list_del_init(&m->small_win);
@@ -394,7 +396,6 @@ void tipc_group_update_member(struct tipc_member *m, int len)
void tipc_group_update_bc_members(struct tipc_group *grp, int len, bool ack)
{
- u16 prev = grp->bc_snd_nxt - 1;
struct tipc_member *m;
struct rb_node *n;
u16 ackers = 0;
@@ -403,9 +404,10 @@ void tipc_group_update_bc_members(struct tipc_group *grp, int len, bool ack)
m = container_of(n, struct tipc_member, tree_node);
if (tipc_group_is_receiver(m)) {
tipc_group_update_member(m, len);
- m->bc_acked = prev;
ackers++;
}
+ if (ack)
+ m->bc_pending = tipc_group_is_receiver(m);
}
/* Mark number of acknowledges to expect, if any */
@@ -800,9 +802,9 @@ void tipc_group_proto_rcv(struct tipc_group *grp, bool *usr_wakeup,
if (!m || !grp->bc_ackers)
return;
acked = msg_grp_bc_acked(hdr);
- if (acked != grp->bc_snd_nxt || m->bc_acked == acked)
+ if (acked != grp->bc_snd_nxt || !m->bc_pending)
return;
- m->bc_acked = acked;
+ m->bc_pending = false;
if (--grp->bc_ackers)
return;
list_del_init(&m->small_win);
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index d5d70eb230b56..65cc0c4964b31 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2356,8 +2356,18 @@ static void tipc_sk_filter_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (unlikely(!msg_isdata(hdr)))
tipc_sk_proto_rcv(sk, &inputq, xmitq);
- if (unlikely(grp))
+ if (unlikely(grp)) {
+ bool was_open = tsk->group_is_open;
+
tipc_group_filter_msg(grp, &inputq, xmitq);
+ /* A departing member may have held the last outstanding
+ * replicast ack, which can restore the open state inside
+ * tipc_group_filter_msg(); wake up senders blocked in
+ * poll()/write() if the group just became writable.
+ */
+ if (!was_open && tsk->group_is_open)
+ sk->sk_write_space(sk);
+ }
if (unlikely(!grp) && mtyp == TIPC_MCAST_MSG)
tipc_mcast_filter_msg(net, &tsk->mc_method.deferredq, &inputq);
--
2.43.7
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-15 2:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 5:56 [PATCH] tipc: fix broadcast sender hang and leak on last acker departure Henry Martin
2026-10-09 6:00 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-10 5:59 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-12 11:45 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
2026-10-12 15:33 ` [PATCH net v2] tipc: fix broadcast sender hang " Henry Martin
2026-10-13 16:24 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-14 13:40 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
2026-10-15 2:20 ` Henry Martin [this message]
2026-10-14 13:37 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
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