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From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
To: steffen.klassert@secunet.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
	davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, imv4bel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net] xfrm: Fix work re-schedule after cancel in xfrm_nat_keepalive_net_fini()
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:16:29 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <abBf_R81PYmafhWv@v4bel> (raw)

After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from
xfrm_nat_keepalive_net_fini(), xfrm_state_fini() flushes remaining
states via __xfrm_state_delete(), which calls
xfrm_nat_keepalive_state_updated() to re-schedule nat_keepalive_work.

The following is a simple race scenario:

           cpu0                             cpu1

cleanup_net() [Round 1]
  ops_undo_list()
    xfrm_net_exit()
      xfrm_nat_keepalive_net_fini()
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(nat_keepalive_work);
      xfrm_state_fini()
        xfrm_state_flush()
          xfrm_state_delete(x)
            __xfrm_state_delete(x)
              xfrm_nat_keepalive_state_updated(x)
                schedule_delayed_work(nat_keepalive_work);
  rcu_barrier();
  net_complete_free();
  net_passive_dec(net);
    llist_add(&net->defer_free_list, &defer_free_list);

cleanup_net() [Round 2]
  rcu_barrier();
  net_complete_free()
    kmem_cache_free(net_cachep, net);
                                     nat_keepalive_work()
                                       // on freed net

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

Fixes: f531d13bdfe3 ("xfrm: support sending NAT keepalives in ESP in UDP states")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_nat_keepalive.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_nat_keepalive.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_nat_keepalive.c
index ebf95d48e86c..1856beee0149 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_nat_keepalive.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_nat_keepalive.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ int __net_init xfrm_nat_keepalive_net_init(struct net *net)
 
 int xfrm_nat_keepalive_net_fini(struct net *net)
 {
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&net->xfrm.nat_keepalive_work);
+	disable_delayed_work_sync(&net->xfrm.nat_keepalive_work);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-10 18:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-10 18:16 Hyunwoo Kim [this message]
2026-03-10 22:57 ` [PATCH net] xfrm: Fix work re-schedule after cancel in xfrm_nat_keepalive_net_fini() Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-11  0:14   ` Eyal Birger
2026-03-11  9:26     ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-11 10:31       ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-11 13:00       ` Eyal Birger
2026-03-11 13:27         ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-03-11 13:40           ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-03-16  9:57 ` Steffen Klassert

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