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From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
To: john.fastabend@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org, sd@queasysnail.net,
	davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, imv4bel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] net: tls: Use disable_delayed_work_sync() instead of cancel_delayed_work_sync() in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx()
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:51:50 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZLotq3aZY0b-dI8@v4bel> (raw)

After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), 
tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled from paths such as the 
Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd.
As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may dereference a freed 
TLS object.

To prevent this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is 
replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().

Fixes: f87e62d45e51 ("net/tls: remove close callback sock unlock/lock around TX work flush")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 9937d4c810f2..b1fa62de9dab 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ void tls_sw_cancel_work_tx(struct tls_context *tls_ctx)
 
 	set_bit(BIT_TX_CLOSING, &ctx->tx_bitmask);
 	set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work);
+	disable_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work);
 }
 
 void tls_sw_release_resources_tx(struct sock *sk)
-- 
2.43.0
---

Dear,

The following is a simplified scenario illustrating how each race can occur. Since tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() does not hold lock_sock(), it can race with tls_write_space().
```
          cpu0                                             cpu1

tls_sk_proto_close()
  tls_sw_cancel_work_tx()
                                                    tls_write_space()
                                                      tls_sw_write_space()
                                                      if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask))
    set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask);
    cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work);
                                                      schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0);
```

Best regards,
Hyunwoo Kim

             reply	other threads:[~2026-02-16  9:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-16  9:51 Hyunwoo Kim [this message]
2026-02-17 15:37 ` [PATCH] net: tls: Use disable_delayed_work_sync() instead of cancel_delayed_work_sync() in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() Simon Horman
2026-02-17 16:46   ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-02-18  9:34     ` Simon Horman
2026-02-18  9:36       ` Simon Horman

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