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
next 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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