ipv6: Protect nh->f6i_list with spinlock and flag.

We will get rid of RTNL from RTM_NEWROUTE and SIOCADDRT.

Then, we may be going to add a route tied to a dying nexthop.

The nexthop itself is not freed during the RCU grace period, but
if we link a route after __remove_nexthop_fib() is called for the
nexthop, the route will be leaked.

To avoid the race between IPv6 route addition under RCU vs nexthop
deletion under RTNL, let's add a dead flag and protect it and
nh->f6i_list with a spinlock.

__remove_nexthop_fib() acquires the nexthop's spinlock and sets false
to nh->dead, then calls ip6_del_rt() for the linked route one by one
without the spinlock because fib6_purge_rt() acquires it later.

While adding an IPv6 route, fib6_add() acquires the nexthop lock and
checks the dead flag just before inserting the route.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250418000443.43734-15-kuniyu@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index d9cf06b297d1..6ba6cb1340c1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ static struct nexthop *nexthop_alloc(void)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nh->f6i_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nh->grp_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nh->fdb_list);
+		spin_lock_init(&nh->lock);
 	}
 	return nh;
 }
@@ -2118,7 +2119,7 @@ static void remove_nexthop_group(struct nexthop *nh, struct nl_info *nlinfo)
 /* not called for nexthop replace */
 static void __remove_nexthop_fib(struct net *net, struct nexthop *nh)
 {
-	struct fib6_info *f6i, *tmp;
+	struct fib6_info *f6i;
 	bool do_flush = false;
 	struct fib_info *fi;
 
@@ -2129,13 +2130,24 @@ static void __remove_nexthop_fib(struct net *net, struct nexthop *nh)
 	if (do_flush)
 		fib_flush(net);
 
-	/* ip6_del_rt removes the entry from this list hence the _safe */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(f6i, tmp, &nh->f6i_list, nh_list) {
+	spin_lock_bh(&nh->lock);
+
+	nh->dead = true;
+
+	while (!list_empty(&nh->f6i_list)) {
+		f6i = list_first_entry(&nh->f6i_list, typeof(*f6i), nh_list);
+
 		/* __ip6_del_rt does a release, so do a hold here */
 		fib6_info_hold(f6i);
+
+		spin_unlock_bh(&nh->lock);
 		ipv6_stub->ip6_del_rt(net, f6i,
 				      !READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_nexthop_compat_mode));
+
+		spin_lock_bh(&nh->lock);
 	}
+
+	spin_unlock_bh(&nh->lock);
 }
 
 static void __remove_nexthop(struct net *net, struct nexthop *nh,