Re: [Patch net-next] net/sched: cls_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc()

Pedro Tammela
2024-06-12T21:25:21Z

On 12/06/2024 17:46, David Ruth wrote:
> syzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnl_lock [1]
>
> When a request to add multiple actions with the same index is sent, the
> second request will block forever on the first request. This results in an
> infinite loop that holds rtnl_lock, and causes tasks to hang.
>
> Return -EAGAIN to prevent infinite looping, while keeping documented
> behavior.
>
> [1]
>
> INFO: task kworker/1:0:5088 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
> Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-syzkaller-00173-g3cdb45594619 #0
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> task:kworker/1:0 state:D stack:23744 pid:5088 tgid:5088 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
> Workqueue: events_power_efficient reg_check_chans_work
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5409 [inline]
> __schedule+0xf15/0x5d00 kernel/sched/core.c:6746
> __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6823 [inline]
> schedule+0xe7/0x350 kernel/sched/core.c:6838
> schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:6895
> __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:684 [inline]
> __mutex_lock+0x5b8/0x9c0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752
> wiphy_lock include/net/cfg80211.h:5953 [inline]
> reg_leave_invalid_chans net/wireless/reg.c:2466 [inline]
> reg_check_chans_work+0x10a/0x10e0 net/wireless/reg.c:2481
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+b87c222546179f4513a7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b87c222546179f4513a7
> Signed-off-by: David Ruth <druth@chromium.org>

Hi,

Thanks for fixing it.

Syzbot is reproducing in net, so the patch should target the net tree.

Also missing the following tag:
Fixes: 4b55e86736d5 ("net/sched: act_api: rely on rcu in
tcf_idr_check_alloc")

> ---
> net/sched/act_api.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
> index 7458b3154426..2714c4ed928e 100644
> --- a/net/sched/act_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
> @@ -830,7 +830,6 @@ int tcf_idr_check_alloc(struct tc_action_net *tn, u32 *index,
> u32 max;
>
> if (*index) {
> -again:
> rcu_read_lock();
> p = idr_find(&idrinfo->action_idr, *index);
>
> @@ -839,7 +838,7 @@ int tcf_idr_check_alloc(struct tc_action_net *tn, u32 *index,
> * index but did not assign the pointer yet.
> */
> rcu_read_unlock();
> - goto again;
> + return -EAGAIN;
> }
>
> if (!p) {