From 983512f3a87fd8dc4c94dfa6b596b6e57df5aad7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:38:58 +0100 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Reviewed-by: Jason Xing Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260220183858.N4ERjFW6@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- include/net/sock.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include') 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); -- cgit v1.2.3