From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Sashiko AI review <netdev-bot+sashiko@kernel.org>,
Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] tcp: purge Fast Open RST queue when listen() fails
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 12:12:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261114111247.21995-1-edumazet@kernel.org> (raw)
inet_csk_listen_start() moves the socket to TCP_LISTEN before calling
->get_port() and ->hash(). If one of them fails, the socket goes back
to TCP_CLOSE without going through inet_csk_listen_stop().
If the socket was a Fast Open listener in a previous life, and was
stopped with shutdown(SHUT_RD) or connect(AF_UNSPEC) while an accepted
Fast Open child was still in TCP_SYN_RECV state, the request_sock of
this child still points to the listener.
A valid RST received for this child while the listener is transiently
in TCP_LISTEN state makes reqsk_fastopen_remove() queue the
request_sock in rskq_rst_head. When listen() fails, for instance with
-EADDRINUSE because another SO_REUSEADDR socket started listening on
the same port, nothing reclaims it:
- __tcp_close(), tcp_disconnect() and tcp_abort() only call
inet_csk_listen_stop() for sockets in TCP_LISTEN state.
- A later successful listen() overwrites rskq_rst_head in
reqsk_queue_alloc().
The request_sock is leaked, together with the reference it holds
on the listener.
Move the rskq_rst_head purge to a helper, and call it from the
inet_csk_listen_start() error path as well, after the socket state
has been set back to TCP_CLOSE: reqsk_fastopen_remove() checks
sk_state under fastopenq.lock, so it either queued the request before
the purge acquires the lock, or does not queue it at all.
Reported-by: Sashiko AI review <netdev-bot+sashiko@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/179450310167.2199510.18107423940014989443@kernel.org/
Fixes: 0536fcc039a8 ("tcp: prepare fastopen code for upcoming listener changes")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
---
Cc: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
---
net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index ca3057192e6d..c33b0095468a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -1331,6 +1331,22 @@ static int inet_ulp_can_listen(const struct sock *sk)
return 0;
}
+/* Free all the reqs queued in rskq_rst_head. */
+static void reqsk_fastopen_purge_rst(struct request_sock_queue *queue)
+{
+ struct request_sock *next, *req;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&queue->fastopenq.lock);
+ req = queue->fastopenq.rskq_rst_head;
+ queue->fastopenq.rskq_rst_head = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&queue->fastopenq.lock);
+ while (req != NULL) {
+ next = req->dl_next;
+ reqsk_put(req);
+ req = next;
+ }
+}
+
static void reqsk_queue_alloc(struct request_sock_queue *queue)
{
queue->fastopenq.rskq_rst_head = NULL;
@@ -1373,6 +1389,12 @@ int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk)
}
inet_sk_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
+
+ /* A Fast Open child accepted before a previous shutdown() of this
+ * listener might have queued its request in rskq_rst_head while
+ * we were transiently in TCP_LISTEN state.
+ */
+ reqsk_fastopen_purge_rst(&icsk->icsk_accept_queue);
return err;
}
@@ -1477,7 +1499,7 @@ void inet_csk_listen_stop(struct sock *sk)
{
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
struct request_sock_queue *queue = &icsk->icsk_accept_queue;
- struct request_sock *next, *req;
+ struct request_sock *req;
/* Following specs, it would be better either to send FIN
* (and enter FIN-WAIT-1, it is normal close)
@@ -1533,16 +1555,7 @@ void inet_csk_listen_stop(struct sock *sk)
if (!has_current_bpf_ctx())
cond_resched();
}
- /* Free all the reqs queued in rskq_rst_head. */
- spin_lock_bh(&queue->fastopenq.lock);
- req = queue->fastopenq.rskq_rst_head;
- queue->fastopenq.rskq_rst_head = NULL;
- spin_unlock_bh(&queue->fastopenq.lock);
- while (req != NULL) {
- next = req->dl_next;
- reqsk_put(req);
- req = next;
- }
+ reqsk_fastopen_purge_rst(queue);
WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_ack_backlog);
}
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-11-14 11:12 UTC|newest]
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2026-11-14 11:12 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-11-14 16:14 ` [PATCH net] tcp: purge Fast Open RST queue when listen() fails Hyunwoo Kim
2026-11-14 17:06 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
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