From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
To: edumazet@kernel.org, ncardwell@google.com, kuniyu@google.com,
davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
horms@kernel.org
Cc: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>,
martin.lau@linux.dev, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
weiwan@google.com, sd@queasysnail.net, jiayuan.chen@linux.dev,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 2/2] inet: restore refcount ordering for established lookups
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:24:36 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023052542.3505250-3-imv4bel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023052542.3505250-1-imv4bel@gmail.com>
When commit 3ab5aee7fe84 ("net: Convert TCP & DCCP hash tables to use
RCU / hlist_nulls") was written, atomic_inc_not_zero() provided full
memory ordering. Even after commit 41c6d650f653 ("net: convert
sock.sk_refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t"), default builds used
atomic_add_unless() and retained that ordering.
Commit fb041bb7c0a9 ("locking/refcount: Consolidate implementations
of refcount_t") consolidated the refcount_t implementations in v5.5.
On weakly ordered architectures, this removed the ordering required
by validation after a successful reference acquisition.
Use refcount_inc_not_zero_acquire() in the IPv4 and IPv6 established
lookups. Use refcount_set_release() when setting initial refcounts in
sk_clone(), SYN cookie, and request migration paths. In the TCP Fast
Open path, move the refcount update after the required initialization
and use release ordering.
The TIME_WAIT path already has an smp_wmb() between refcount_set() and
hash publication, so leave it unchanged.
Fixes: fb041bb7c0a9 ("locking/refcount: Consolidate implementations of refcount_t")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
---
net/core/sock.c | 3 +--
net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 6 +++---
net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/syncookies.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c | 3 +--
net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 3c25d66ba31a..f3ef9601ab73 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2622,8 +2622,7 @@ struct sock *sk_clone(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority,
/* Before updating sk_refcnt, we must commit prior changes to memory
* (Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst for details)
*/
- smp_wmb();
- refcount_set(&newsk->sk_refcnt, 2);
+ refcount_set_release(&newsk->sk_refcnt, 2);
sk_set_socket(newsk, NULL);
sk_tx_queue_clear(newsk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index cff02f4c5ac8..2d8e54d3a31b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -1056,8 +1056,8 @@ static void reqsk_timer_handler(struct timer_list *t)
* hold another count to prevent use-after-free and
* call reqsk_put() just before return.
*/
- refcount_set(&nreq->rsk_refcnt, 2 + 1);
timer_setup(&nreq->rsk_timer, reqsk_timer_handler, TIMER_PINNED);
+ refcount_set_release(&nreq->rsk_refcnt, 2 + 1);
reqsk_queue_migrated(&inet_csk(nsk)->icsk_accept_queue, req);
req = nreq;
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ struct sock *inet_csk_complete_hashdance(struct sock *sk, struct sock *child,
goto child_put;
}
- refcount_set(&nreq->rsk_refcnt, 1);
+ refcount_set_release(&nreq->rsk_refcnt, 1);
if (inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(sk, nreq, child)) {
__NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPMIGRATEREQSUCCESS);
reqsk_migrate_reset(req);
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ void inet_csk_listen_stop(struct sock *sk)
if (nsk) {
nreq = inet_reqsk_clone(req, nsk);
if (nreq) {
- refcount_set(&nreq->rsk_refcnt, 1);
+ refcount_set_release(&nreq->rsk_refcnt, 1);
rcu_read_lock();
if (inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(nsk, nreq, child)) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 58d54965036a..7ffa9171d6de 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ struct sock *__inet_lookup_established(const struct net *net,
if (sk->sk_hash != hash)
continue;
if (likely(inet_match(net, sk, acookie, ports, dif, sdif))) {
- if (unlikely(!refcount_inc_not_zero(&sk->sk_refcnt)))
+ if (unlikely(!refcount_inc_not_zero_acquire(&sk->sk_refcnt)))
goto out;
if (unlikely(hlist_nulls_unhashed_lockless(&sk->sk_nulls_node) ||
!inet_match(net, sk, acookie, ports, dif,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index 644030561537..4b2d2713653b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_get_cookie_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
child = icsk->icsk_af_ops->syn_recv_sock(sk, skb, req, dst,
NULL, &own_req, NULL);
if (child) {
- refcount_set(&req->rsk_refcnt, 1);
+ refcount_set_release(&req->rsk_refcnt, 1);
sock_rps_save_rxhash(child, skb);
if (rsk_drop_req(req)) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
index 471c78be5513..2506f415f410 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
@@ -364,8 +364,6 @@ static struct sock *tcp_fastopen_create_child(struct sock *sk,
tcp_reset_xmit_timer(child, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
req->timeout, false);
- refcount_set(&req->rsk_refcnt, 2);
-
sk_mark_napi_id_set(child, skb);
/* Now finish processing the fastopen child socket. */
@@ -378,6 +376,7 @@ static struct sock *tcp_fastopen_create_child(struct sock *sk,
tcp_rsk(req)->rcv_nxt = tp->rcv_nxt;
tp->rcv_wup = tp->rcv_nxt;
tp->rcv_mwnd_seq = tp->rcv_wup + tp->rcv_wnd;
+ refcount_set_release(&req->rsk_refcnt, 2);
/* tcp_conn_request() is sending the SYNACK,
* and queues the child into listener accept queue.
*/
diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
index aa5fa1dd062f..1eea584d80df 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct sock *__inet6_lookup_established(const struct net *net,
continue;
if (!inet6_match(net, sk, saddr, daddr, ports, dif, sdif))
continue;
- if (unlikely(!refcount_inc_not_zero(&sk->sk_refcnt)))
+ if (unlikely(!refcount_inc_not_zero_acquire(&sk->sk_refcnt)))
goto out;
if (unlikely(hlist_nulls_unhashed_lockless(&sk->sk_nulls_node) ||
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 5:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 5:24 [PATCH net v2 0/2] inet: fix established lookup races Hyunwoo Kim
2026-10-23 5:24 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] inet: reject unhashed sockets during established lookups Hyunwoo Kim
2026-10-23 16:39 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-27 5:55 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-23 5:24 ` Hyunwoo Kim [this message]
2026-10-23 16:33 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] inet: restore refcount ordering for " Eric Dumazet
2026-10-23 18:07 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-10-27 5:55 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-23 5:32 ` [PATCH net v2 0/2] inet: fix established lookup races netdev-bot+sinfo
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