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[net-next,V2] tuntap: fix possible deadlock when fail to register netdev

Message ID 1512705750-14799-1-git-send-email-jasowang@redhat.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Series [net-next,V2] tuntap: fix possible deadlock when fail to register netdev | expand

Commit Message

Jason Wang Dec. 8, 2017, 4:02 a.m. UTC
Private destructor could be called when register_netdev() fail with
rtnl lock held. This will lead deadlock in tun_free_netdev() who tries
to hold rtnl_lock. Fixing this by switching to use spinlock to
synchronize.

Fixes: 96f84061620c ("tun: add eBPF based queue selection method")
Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/tun.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Michael S. Tsirkin Dec. 8, 2017, 4:43 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 12:02:30PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Private destructor could be called when register_netdev() fail with
> rtnl lock held. This will lead deadlock in tun_free_netdev() who tries
> to hold rtnl_lock. Fixing this by switching to use spinlock to
> synchronize.
> 
> Fixes: 96f84061620c ("tun: add eBPF based queue selection method")
> Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/tun.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index 787cc35..8d85163 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -2050,8 +2050,11 @@ static int __tun_set_steering_ebpf(struct tun_struct *tun,
>  		new->prog = prog;
>  	}
>  
> -	old = rtnl_dereference(tun->steering_prog);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&tun->lock);
> +	old = rcu_dereference_protected(tun->steering_prog,
> +					lockdep_is_held(&tun->lock));
>  	rcu_assign_pointer(tun->steering_prog, new);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&tun->lock);
>  
>  	if (old)
>  		call_rcu(&old->rcu, tun_steering_prog_free);
> @@ -2067,9 +2070,7 @@ static void tun_free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
>  	free_percpu(tun->pcpu_stats);
>  	tun_flow_uninit(tun);
>  	security_tun_dev_free_security(tun->security);
> -	rtnl_lock();
>  	__tun_set_steering_ebpf(tun, NULL);
> -	rtnl_unlock();
>  }
>  
>  static void tun_setup(struct net_device *dev)
> -- 
> 2.7.4
Eric Dumazet Dec. 8, 2017, 5:36 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 2017-12-08 at 12:02 +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Private destructor could be called when register_netdev() fail with
> rtnl lock held. This will lead deadlock in tun_free_netdev() who
> tries
> to hold rtnl_lock. Fixing this by switching to use spinlock to
> synchronize.
> 
> Fixes: 96f84061620c ("tun: add eBPF based queue selection method")
> Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Thanks.
David Miller Dec. 8, 2017, 3:44 p.m. UTC | #3
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 06:43:44 +0200

> On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 12:02:30PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> Private destructor could be called when register_netdev() fail with
>> rtnl lock held. This will lead deadlock in tun_free_netdev() who tries
>> to hold rtnl_lock. Fixing this by switching to use spinlock to
>> synchronize.
>> 
>> Fixes: 96f84061620c ("tun: add eBPF based queue selection method")
>> Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

Applied, thanks.
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diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 787cc35..8d85163 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -2050,8 +2050,11 @@  static int __tun_set_steering_ebpf(struct tun_struct *tun,
 		new->prog = prog;
 	}
 
-	old = rtnl_dereference(tun->steering_prog);
+	spin_lock_bh(&tun->lock);
+	old = rcu_dereference_protected(tun->steering_prog,
+					lockdep_is_held(&tun->lock));
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tun->steering_prog, new);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&tun->lock);
 
 	if (old)
 		call_rcu(&old->rcu, tun_steering_prog_free);
@@ -2067,9 +2070,7 @@  static void tun_free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 	free_percpu(tun->pcpu_stats);
 	tun_flow_uninit(tun);
 	security_tun_dev_free_security(tun->security);
-	rtnl_lock();
 	__tun_set_steering_ebpf(tun, NULL);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static void tun_setup(struct net_device *dev)