From: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org,
Haoze Xie <royenheart@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>,
Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>,
Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>, Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>,
Ao Zhou <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>, Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>,
Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] batman-adv: hold claim backbone gateways by reference
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 13:02:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408110255.976389-3-sw@simonwunderlich.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408110255.976389-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de>
From: Haoze Xie <royenheart@gmail.com>
batadv_bla_add_claim() can replace claim->backbone_gw and drop the old
gateway's last reference while readers still follow the pointer.
The netlink claim dump path dereferences claim->backbone_gw->orig and
takes claim->backbone_gw->crc_lock without pinning the underlying
backbone gateway. batadv_bla_check_claim() still has the same naked
pointer access pattern.
Reuse batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw() in both readers so they operate
on a stable gateway reference until the read-side work is complete.
This keeps the dump and claim-check paths aligned with the lifetime
rules introduced for the other BLA claim readers.
Fixes: 23721387c409 ("batman-adv: add basic bridge loop avoidance code")
Fixes: 04f3f5bf1883 ("batman-adv: add B.A.T.M.A.N. Dump BLA claims via netlink")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Haoze Xie <royenheart@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ao Zhou <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
---
net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
index 3dc791c15bf72..648fa97ea913f 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
@@ -2130,6 +2130,7 @@ batadv_bla_claim_dump_entry(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
struct batadv_bla_claim *claim)
{
const u8 *primary_addr = primary_if->net_dev->dev_addr;
+ struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
u16 backbone_crc;
bool is_own;
void *hdr;
@@ -2145,32 +2146,35 @@ batadv_bla_claim_dump_entry(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
- is_own = batadv_compare_eth(claim->backbone_gw->orig,
- primary_addr);
+ backbone_gw = batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw(claim);
+
+ is_own = batadv_compare_eth(backbone_gw->orig, primary_addr);
- spin_lock_bh(&claim->backbone_gw->crc_lock);
- backbone_crc = claim->backbone_gw->crc;
- spin_unlock_bh(&claim->backbone_gw->crc_lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&backbone_gw->crc_lock);
+ backbone_crc = backbone_gw->crc;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&backbone_gw->crc_lock);
if (is_own)
if (nla_put_flag(msg, BATADV_ATTR_BLA_OWN)) {
genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
- goto out;
+ goto put_backbone_gw;
}
if (nla_put(msg, BATADV_ATTR_BLA_ADDRESS, ETH_ALEN, claim->addr) ||
nla_put_u16(msg, BATADV_ATTR_BLA_VID, claim->vid) ||
nla_put(msg, BATADV_ATTR_BLA_BACKBONE, ETH_ALEN,
- claim->backbone_gw->orig) ||
+ backbone_gw->orig) ||
nla_put_u16(msg, BATADV_ATTR_BLA_CRC,
backbone_crc)) {
genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
- goto out;
+ goto put_backbone_gw;
}
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
ret = 0;
+put_backbone_gw:
+ batadv_backbone_gw_put(backbone_gw);
out:
return ret;
}
@@ -2448,6 +2452,7 @@ int batadv_bla_backbone_dump(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb)
bool batadv_bla_check_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
u8 *addr, unsigned short vid)
{
+ struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
struct batadv_bla_claim search_claim;
struct batadv_bla_claim *claim = NULL;
struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if = NULL;
@@ -2470,9 +2475,13 @@ bool batadv_bla_check_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
* return false.
*/
if (claim) {
- if (!batadv_compare_eth(claim->backbone_gw->orig,
+ backbone_gw = batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw(claim);
+
+ if (!batadv_compare_eth(backbone_gw->orig,
primary_if->net_dev->dev_addr))
ret = false;
+
+ batadv_backbone_gw_put(backbone_gw);
batadv_claim_put(claim);
}
--
2.47.3
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