[PATCH net] rxrpc: Fix call timer start racing with call destruction
patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org
patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org
Thu Mar 31 03:50:10 PDT 2022
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni at redhat.com>:
On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:39:16 +0100 you wrote:
> The rxrpc_call struct has a timer used to handle various timed events
> relating to a call. This timer can get started from the packet input
> routines that are run in softirq mode with just the RCU read lock held.
> Unfortunately, because only the RCU read lock is held - and neither ref or
> other lock is taken - the call can start getting destroyed at the same time
> a packet comes in addressed to that call. This causes the timer - which
> was already stopped - to get restarted. Later, the timer dispatch code may
> then oops if the timer got deallocated first.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] rxrpc: Fix call timer start racing with call destruction
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4a7f62f91933
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