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authorSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>2026-02-20 19:38:58 +0100
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2026-02-24 11:27:29 +0100
commit983512f3a87fd8dc4c94dfa6b596b6e57df5aad7 (patch)
tree2bcf18f6c41ddaa5d75811ed9061b6fafa2ceef0
parent82aec772fca2223bc5774bd9af486fd95766e578 (diff)
net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp()
skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive the timestamp via a dedicated interrupt and complete the TX timestamp from that handler. This will lead to a deadlock if the lock is already write-locked on the same CPU. Taking the lock can be avoided. The socket (pointed by the skb) will remain valid until the skb is released. The ->sk_socket and ->file member will be set to NULL once the user closes the socket which may happen before the timestamp arrives. If we happen to observe the pointer while the socket is closing but before the pointer is set to NULL then we may use it because both pointer (and the file's cred member) are RCU freed. Drop the lock. Use READ_ONCE() to obtain the individual pointer. Add a matching WRITE_ONCE() where the pointer are cleared. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260205145104.iWinkXHv@linutronix.de Fixes: b245be1f4db1a ("net-timestamp: no-payload only sysctl") Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260220183858.N4ERjFW6@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--include/net/sock.h2
-rw-r--r--net/core/skbuff.c23
-rw-r--r--net/socket.c2
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 66b56288c1d3..6c9a83016e95 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ static inline int sk_rx_queue_get(const struct sock *sk)
static inline void sk_set_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket *sock)
{
- sk->sk_socket = sock;
+ WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_socket, sock);
if (sock) {
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_uid, SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_uid);
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_ino, SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_ino);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index dc47d3efc72e..0e217041958a 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5590,15 +5590,28 @@ static void __skb_complete_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb,
static bool skb_may_tx_timestamp(struct sock *sk, bool tsonly)
{
- bool ret;
+ struct socket *sock;
+ struct file *file;
+ bool ret = false;
if (likely(tsonly || READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->core.sysctl_tstamp_allow_data)))
return true;
- read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
- ret = sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file &&
- file_ns_capable(sk->sk_socket->file, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW);
- read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+ /* The sk pointer remains valid as long as the skb is. The sk_socket and
+ * file pointer may become NULL if the socket is closed. Both structures
+ * (including file->cred) are RCU freed which means they can be accessed
+ * within a RCU read section.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ sock = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_socket);
+ if (!sock)
+ goto out;
+ file = READ_ONCE(sock->file);
+ if (!file)
+ goto out;
+ ret = file_ns_capable(file, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW);
+out:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return ret;
}
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 136b98c54fb3..05952188127f 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static void __sock_release(struct socket *sock, struct inode *inode)
iput(SOCK_INODE(sock));
return;
}
- sock->file = NULL;
+ WRITE_ONCE(sock->file, NULL);
}
/**