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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


  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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